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Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by m0guz »

> Even if that is a non-free platform, we can reach out to new users and developers that might later be then even interested to switch a full open platform.

KDE developers have always been great with their vision. I guess they will try to create OS Shell that sync users data between different OS? Their applications cover 99% of the casual users, with KDE Connect [0].

KDE Plasma has never clicked with me but KDE applications have always been my choice in a Linux system because of their responsiveness.

Dolphin for Windows[1] also exists but has some issues.

[0] https://apps.kde.org/kdeconnect/

[1] https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/system/dolphin/master/windows/

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by no_wizard »

eMPee584 wrote: post #34
calvinmorrison wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which shows how far ahead KDE was even in 3.5 times with reusable embeddable components that were highly engineered. For example Konqueror has a long list of plugins including calling kwrite to render inside of it. The early kio tooling that predates fuse in having universal access through a single file viewer.

And it seems konqueror is the only browser today that can split a tab into multiple panes! I used this a lot in 3.5 times. It still works, just need to file another bug report for sane dnd behavior..

Vivaldi does this if I recall correctly

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by sigzero »

g8oz wrote: post #47
shrimp_emoji wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like Dolphin is even better than Explorer, Kate is even better than Notepad++!

The last time I checked Kate could not do basic line operations like remove empty lines, duplicate line etc.

It does all of that now.

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by fallingsquirrel »

g8oz wrote: post #47
shrimp_emoji wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like Dolphin is even better than Explorer, Kate is even better than Notepad++!

The last time I checked Kate could not do basic line operations like remove empty lines, duplicate line etc.

If you use Help > Find Action you can find stuff like that easier than hunting through the menus.

The actions for those are called "Remove Empty Lines" and "Remove Duplicate Lines"

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by reactordev »

andmarios wrote: post #45

Kate was one of the main reasons I switched to Linux in 2004/2005. I had a lab in MySQL, and back then, the only option to develop in Windows was MySQL Workbench, which was as heavy as it got. Running an SQL statement was painfully slow, and iteration cycles were huge. In Linux, you would write your SQL in Kate, and run MySQL's cli in the embedded terminal. Once ready, you would click the button “pipe to terminal". I…

You forget, on windows, we had WAMP with phpmysql so we could run queries in our browser. Not being able to do them within an IDE until around 2001 with Dreamweaver and Microsoft InterDev…

Kate is cool but it wasn’t the first to have this.

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by jwrallie »

andmarios wrote: post #45

Kate was one of the main reasons I switched to Linux in 2004/2005. I had a lab in MySQL, and back then, the only option to develop in Windows was MySQL Workbench, which was as heavy as it got. Running an SQL statement was painfully slow, and iteration cycles were huge. In Linux, you would write your SQL in Kate, and run MySQL's cli in the embedded terminal. Once ready, you would click the button “pipe to terminal". I…

Also k3b was an amazing software for burning CDs back then, its interface easily rivaled contemporary proprietary software.

KDE 3.5 was one of the peaks (if not the peak) of graphical interfaces on GNU/Linux.

Experiencing KDE at the time I was used to the Windows XP interface felt amazing, and soon after Vista promises of innovation on interface were nothing compared to what could be done in Compiz (More on the Gnome 2 side).

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by sparkie »

Lyngbakr wrote: post #26

I'd never heard of Kate and wondered if someone could explain what Kate's differentiator is versus other popular editors (e.g., Vim, Emacs, VSCode)? Is there something in particular that sets it apart or is it just a matter of taste?

My favourite Kate feature is sessions. Whatever your working on, you can save the session - including all open files and editor layouts, and restore it later on.

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by xvedejas »

jwrallie wrote: post #56
andmarios wrote: post #45

Kate was one of the main reasons I switched to Linux in 2004/2005. I had a lab in MySQL, and back then, the only option to develop in Windows was MySQL Workbench, which was as heavy as it got. Running an SQL statement was painfully slow, and iteration cycles were huge. In Linux, you would write your SQL in Kate, and run MySQL's cli in the embedded terminal. Once ready, you would click the button “pipe to terminal". I…

Also k3b was an amazing software for burning CDs back then, its interface easily rivaled contemporary proprietary software. KDE 3.5 was one of the peaks (if not the peak) of graphical interfaces on GNU/Linux. Experiencing KDE at the time I was used to the Windows XP interface felt amazing, and soon after Vista promises of innovation on interface were nothing compared to what could be done in Compiz (More on the Gnome…

KDE is still great! I continue to see improvements and KDE6 has some killer features like KDE Connect. (we still don't talk about KDE4 though)

Re: Kate editor on all platforms

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Post by seba_dos1 »

The only problem I have with Kate these days is... its icon. It's been there for years now, and yet my mind still just stops for a noticeable bunch of milliseconds whenever it has to recognize it. For some reason it looks like it represents some brand's useless mobile app rather than a proper utility and my mind somehow refuses to associate it with Kate.
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