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I'm using Geany on Windows and would like to set the cursor colour to something more conspicuous.  In my AppData\Roaming\geany\filedefs\filetypes.common, I have set

caret=caret;;true
cursor_color=yellow

While the caret-setting (changing the default to a block cursor) works (which obviously indicates that I configured the setting in the correct file), the cursor_color setting does not seem to have any effect, as the cursor is still a light grey.

What did I do wrong?  How can I set the color of the cursor in Geany?

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  1. Open Terminal ( Ctrl+Alt+T ).
  2. Hit " sudo gedit /usr/share/geany/filedefs/filetypes.common ".
  3. Replace line "caret=caret" with "caret=0xffffff;0x0;false;false".
  4. Hit ctrl+s (save changes) and exit; restart geany.

NOTE: Here I have used color WHITE (0xffffff), you can use any color, just put the hex color code of that color. For eg: 0xff0000 for RED, 0x00ff00 for GREEN etc.

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  • Except that your solution is targeting towards the Unix/Linux version of Geany, I think it should work in Windows too. I'll give it a try and accept your answer, if it works. – user1934428 Feb 06 '21 at 17:45
  • Unfortunately, it does not seem to have any effect. I set the line to `caret=0x3C3505;;true` and restarted Geany, but no change. – user1934428 Jun 09 '22 at 08:36
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  1. Download new color schemes using GitHub.
  2. In your home/hidden files, replace Geany color schemes with what you download.
  3. Go into the color schemes folder and edit the .conf file using any text editor with 
    caret=0xffffff;0x0;false;false
    NOTE: Here I have used color WHITE (0xffffff).  You can use any color; just enter the hex color code of that color.  For example: 0xff0000 for RED, 0x00ff00 for GREEN, etc.
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  • Do you know by chance, which directory the Windows version of Geany consideres the home directory? I tried to apply this change by using the Geany menu "Werkzeuge/Konfigurationsdateien" (in the English version, this is likely "tools/config files", and selecting _filetypes.common_, which contains the setting for `caret`. – user1934428 Jun 09 '22 at 08:43
  • Just found out that most likely, the home location for Geany is `C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\geany\filedefs`. However, a change to the caret definition does not take any effect. – user1934428 Jun 09 '22 at 08:53