Add #reading-styles-from-another-filetype subsection, based on

patch by Matthew Brush (thanks).



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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-03-29  Nick Treleaven  <nick(dot)treleaven(at)btinternet(dot)com>
+
+ * doc/geany.txt, doc/geany.html:
+   Add #reading-styles-from-another-filetype subsection, based on
+   patch by Matthew Brush (thanks).
+
+
 2011-03-28  Colomban Wendling  <colomban(at)geany(dot)org>
 
  * src/document.c, src/document.h, src/editor.c, src/keybindings.c:

doc/geany.txt

@@ -3727,6 +3727,24 @@ italic emphasis.
 To define named styles, see the filetypes.common `[named_styles]
 Section`_.
 
+Reading styles from another filetype
+************************************
+You can automatically copy all of the styles from another filetype
+definition file by using the following syntax for the ``[styling]``
+group::
+
+	[styling=Foo]
+
+Where Foo is a filetype name. The corresponding ``[styling]``
+section from ``filetypes.foo`` will be read.
+
+This is useful when the same lexer is being used for multiple
+filetypes (e.g. C/C++/C#/Java/etc).  For example, to make the C++
+styling the same as the C styling, you would put the following in
+``filetypes.cpp``::
+
+	[styling=C]
+
 
 [keywords] Section
 ``````````````````