Kate (KDE Advanced Text Editor) is a text editor that is part of the KDE project.
Homepage: kate-editor.org
Questions tagged [kate]
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Can I set up Kate to always fold (collapse) all foldable regions when opening a code file?
I'd like to set up Kate so that, if I open, for example, a C++ file, all classes it contains are folded? But not only the root levels, when I unfold a class, I'd like methods inside it to be initially folded too. Etc. Is it possible?
Ivan
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File type based indentation in Kate
So after quite a lot of searching and frustration I'm here to ask how to do one of the most basic (or so I thought) things in a modern text editor. I want to set a different indentation for different files types. I almost all the time edit…
xcorat
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Why does Kate replace spaces in filename with "%20", thus preventing opening it?
I'm using the Kate editor ver 16.04.2 on live knoppix 7.7.1 on a usb stick.
When I double-click on a normal text file in pcmanfm, Kate opens but it
replaces the spaces in the filename with %20, and a message says "New", which
I presume means "new…
dave
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Scrolling behavior in Kate
On my system, one click of the scroll wheel on the mouse moves 3 lines. Kate seems to be scrolling based on 3 file-lines. Whereas something like Notepad++ in Windows scrolls 3 visible-lines (which might end up only being half of a single file-line,…
User51610
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Big tab spacings with Kate
Is there a way to configure Kate to use tab spaces of more than 16 spaces? I am using Kate to make up a tab separated file for import into a database and some of the data needs about 30 spaces between tab stops.
Richard Davies
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How can I install KateSql plugin on ubuntu?
I just installed kate by typing
sudo apt-get install kate
Now I want to install this kate sql plugin and google is not helping me.
I downloaded a punch of files from here
But what should I do with these files?
Where should I put them?
Would…
user5703
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Kate editor: how to jump to modified lines?
Say I'm editing a long document and I have made a number of changes. I want to be able to jump to each changed line. Is there a way to do this?
I know about line modification indicators and I have those turned on. But for a long document, it is not…
MountainX
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Kate and case sensitive search
I've found several web pages that talk about how to set case sensitivity in searches in Kate. However, what I actually see on my screen doesn't match any of those pages. Here's a screen shot in which I'm using the the search and replace plugin:
And…
tscheingeld
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Kate and indented comments
Is there a way to to configure Kate so that, when I use the Comment tool, it indents the comments to where the code is currently indented? For example, consider the following Ruby code.
def myfunction
puts 'hello world'
return…
tscheingeld
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How to turn off lines under entire text in Kate editor?
After a recent upgrade on Kubuntu, Kate editor (v3.8.5) shows odd lines under the entire text of previously created simple text files. New files usually have only the first line underlined. Maybe if I knew what this is called, I'd be able to find …
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kate: flickery line-number popup
Kate is showing line numbers in a popup box, like a tool-tip, when I scroll up or down.
The box flickers when scrolling with touchpad / pointing stick, and I hate it. Can I disable it?
Version: kate-17.12.1-1.fc27.x86_64
sourcejedi
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