compile and execute with command next to each each of these commands starts with python (in lowercase)but geany doesn' know where your system stored the python command you need to add the path you use when starting terminal session (you can skip these steps if you set the path variable as described in appendix in the compile and execute commandsadd the drive your python command is onand the folder where the python command is stored your compile command should look like thisc:\python \python - py_compile "%fyour path may be little differentbut make sure the spaces and capitalization exactly match what is shown here your execute command should look something like thisc:\python \python "%fagainmake sure the spacing and capitalization in your execute command exactly match what is shown here when you have these lines set correctlyclick ok you should now be able to run your program successfully running python programs in geany there are three ways to run program in geany to run hello_world pyselect build execute in the menuor click the icon with set of gearsor press when you run hello_world pyyou should see terminal window pop up with the following outputhello python world(program exited with code press return to continue customizing geany settings now we'll set up geany to be as efficient as possible by customizing the features mentioned at the beginning of this appendix converting tabs to spaces mixing tabs and spaces in your code can cause problems in your python programs that are very difficult to diagnose to check the indentation settings in geanygo to edit preferences editor indentation set the tab width to and set type to spaces if you have mix of tabs and spaces in one of your programsyou can convert all tabs to spaces with document replace tabs by spaces text editors