Questions tagged [kwrite]

Use this tag for questions related to the KWrite editor, a lightweight text editor by KDE.

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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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grep equivalent of the kwrite regex [A-Z][A-Z]+

So, it took me ages, but I finally learned to think in terms of regular expressions, thanks to using them in kwrite. But I still don't know how to translate that knowledge to grep. I love my grep, when I know what I'm doing with it, but the manual…
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Match one part of a regular expression in a Kwrite find-and-replace regex

Among the joys of KDE, Kwrite is surely noteworthy. Having regular expression support built in by default into text editor is probably one of the top 10 best ideas of all time. Since I often need to do a lot of finding and replacing, I have already…
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Kate/Kwrite editor drag/drop/copy functionality gone

Somehow I've lost some functionality in Kate and Kwrite which I've employed frequently. In the past, as recently as a couple hours ago, I could select some text and drag-and-drop it elsewhere. If the CRTL key was held, it copied the selection rather…
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python regex equivalent of kwrite [ ]+ and [0-9]+

I've never been good at regular expressions. When ever I read about them, I sort of get a headache, get up from my desk, and forget what I'm doing. Attention difficulties. But when I finally started making use of them in kwrite, I got a lot more…
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