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Kate (KDE Advanced Text Editor) is a text editor that is part of the KDE project.

Homepage: kate-editor.org

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Ugly Horizontal Lines Displayed in Kate and Konsole with Fractional HiDPI Scaling

Here is a picture of the problem: Notice that all lines of text have horizontal lines similar to underlining. However, this is a plain text editor (Kate) and it does not do underlining. There is no formatting applied to this text. I selected the…
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How can I recover after Kate crashes?

I use Kate for coding and note-taking. Sometimes it crashes - often when I've got a lot open. Unsaved 'real' documents (eg, ones backed by files, that have been saved at some point) usually have a backup/autosave type recovery file, that…
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Where to get Kate color schemes?

Does anyone know where one could find some good Kate color schemes for syntax highlighting? The only ones that I found that work fine are zenburn and mdark. Besides those two, I couldn't find anything else (that works). There were a few other…
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How do I make Kate indent with spaces on Python files but use tabs for text files and other files?

My goal is to set Kate up to work properly on Python files but to use different settings (tabs not spaces) on other documents. I'm sure others are doing this, but I can't figure out a convenient solution. I appreciate any advice. Kate has settings…
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How does one find and replace text in all open files with kate?

How does one find and replace text in all open files with kate?
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How to change default syntax-highlighting for header-file in Kate

Often I have to open header-files (with ending .h) in Kate. The default syntax-highlighting with which these files will be opened is always C++. How could this be changed to Fortran so that I don't have to switch manually? Edit1: I already added a…
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Kate has no window borders, and thus no minimize, maximize, and close buttons

I usually use kate as my preferred text editor, however, whenever I open it there are no window borders, and thus no maximize, minimize, and close buttons. How can I fix this? I tried going thought the view menu, but was unable to find any settings…
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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?
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Change directory for Kate syntax highlighting files

I'm running Standard Debian Wheezy with KDE 4.8.4 and Kate 3.8.4. The Kate text editor's syntax highlighting files are located in: /usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax If I run kde4-config --prefix this gives /usr and $KDEDIR is empty.…
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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…
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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…
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How can I tell which dictionary kate/KDE is using for spell checking?

I noticed that kate thinks that a particular word is spelled correctly, even though is it misspelled. When I check the word using aspell or enchant utilities, they both correctly identify it as being misspelled. How can I tell which spell checker…
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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,…
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How to reset Kate default color schemes?

I accidentally changed some of Kate's default color schemes. How do I set them back to default? I tried reinstalling (including with the option to remove config files) but it kept my changes.
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How to switch text direction to rtl & ltr in kate and kwrite

How can I switch the text direction in kate and kwrite editors? I have English & Persian layouts and want to read the Persian text as right to left but I can't seem to be able to switch the text direction.
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