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At a low level, /usr/share/geany.glade does configure some important aspects of Geany which are not controlled by geany.conf (e.g., visibility of the menubar). Copying a modified geany.glade file in ~/.local/share/geany/ did not make any change. So, how can this program be altered without root privileges?, what is the local directory where this file is to be placed, such that it overrides the content of /usr/share/geany.glade, much in the same way as .conf files can be stored in .config/share.

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geany.glade defines the user interface, and isn’t user-overridable (in the same way that the application’s code isn’t user-overridable).

If you want to tweak the interface without being root, you’ll need to install your own copy of Geany in your home directory and modify it there.

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  • Since the question was posted in a general way, I assume this will be the case for any other application. – nightcod3r Mar 27 '17 at 10:17
  • How to install locallly: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/42569/91304 – nightcod3r Mar 27 '17 at 10:24
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    Yes, the default case for files in /usr/share is that they’re not overrideable in a fashion similar to configuration files. Many programs do support additional files in user folders though (Emacs, Perl, Python, TeX...). – Stephen Kitt Mar 27 '17 at 10:49