Geany installed using snap won't start

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 18:31, Jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks, I can never remember versions. I know it is getting old but it
> seems to work fine for me. I have been putting off deciding how to
> upgrade. In place or fresh install. I've done it both ways, but always
> have trouble deciding.

My bad, that was a typo. Sorry. *16*.04. Sixteen. As in it's coming up
on 4y old now.

Mint 19 is 18.04 and thus the current LTS.

I recently updated a beta of 19.0 to 19.3 in just 2 operations and it
went  very smoothly.

#1:

apt update ; apt full-upgrade -y ; apt-get autoremove -y ; apt purge ; apt clean

#2: Mint updater; upgrade me to the current version; yes; reboot.

Done.

Mint dot-versions are all based off the same LTS now. Major versions
represent the consecutive LTS.

Upgrades are a lot easier than they were in the pre-Unity era.

> I found a PPA and installed the latest version. So far I like it. The
> way it handles split windows is a little quirky, but maybe I haven't
> figured it out yet.
>
> I dabble in Python for my own amusement. I've tried PyCharm, Sublime and
> VSCode and they all are way more than I need. I just need good syntax
> highlighting, code/word/bracket completion. The others I've tried just
> seem to be getting in the way many times and they all have a million
> settings.

Agreed on all counts.

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