Kate Reviews and Details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Leaving Neovim for Zed

  A lot of editors are being discussed here but I see nobody has mentioned Kate (KDE's Advanced Text Editor) [1] in the conversation yet, so I'm doing it. Kate is a very mature and capable editor. It natively supports LSP and has much, much more to offer in terms of project management, support for build system, SQL database integration, and of course, advanced editing features. I started using it a few years back... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry

  Have a look at Kate, its not bad and has good support for LSPs https://kate-editor.org. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Multiple Notepad++ Flaws Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

  Maybe there are power features or something which makes Notepad++ better, but for my usage Kate (https://kate-editor.org/) fits the same niche. Fast startup / UI, but it has enough features to technically be an IDE (including an LSP apparently). - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• In you opinion is it better to code the arduino in the arduino language or c++, and do you prefer the arduino IDE or vs code IDE

  The Arduino IDE is quite primitive though, and poorly suited for larger or complex projects - if it starts getting in my way I'll feed my project to kate and a makefile. Source: about 3 years ago

• "Why people pirate Microsoft Word" and the problems with everyday software like Microsoft Office being ridiculously expensive.

  Kate - a very powerful, very fearure-rich (including language server support for IDE-quality code completion and analysis and error checking for most mainstream languages) alternative to VS Code (has a very similar layout, git integration, and command pallette) that's much faster and lighter and isn't from Microsoft (it's FLOSS). Source: over 3 years ago

• A lightweight editor for rust and python

  Https://kate-editor.org can't understand why it is never mentioned in editor-threads. Source: over 3 years ago

• Making a text editor with Godot. (And learning some stuff about it.)

  I'm sure that creating a basic text editor won't be too hard using Godot considering that all the features you would want are already part of the engine and on display in the Godot editor itself. However if all you're looking for is an open source text editor that supports Russian, why not something like Gedit, Kate, OpenOffice Writer? Taking a second to search online, it seems like this open source program named... Source: over 3 years ago

• What lightweight and open source Python IDEs would you recommend (if any) for Linux?

  Https://kate-editor.org or Kdevelop if you are on a Linux distro with KDE Plasma. Source: over 3 years ago

• The pros and cons of building packages from source as SOP.

  Note that USE flags only control optional dependencies and do not affect hard requirements - you can set -qt -kde all you like, but if you install kate then it's gonna pull in Qt and KDE despite your flags. If you absolutely don't want something on your system, use package.mask - and if something depends on it, portage will throw an error about it, and occasionally suggest disabling a USE flag to get a mergeable... Source: over 3 years ago

• CLion vs VSCode in 2023 for C++

  Tske a look at Kate, it has built-in LSP and debugger. It's very lightweight. Source: over 3 years ago

• KWrite: Finally a simple GUI editor with a good vi mode

  Also my favourite for a long time, and then I needed something more and it is easy to upgrade to the more advanced/feature-full edition: Kate https://kate-editor.org. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Kate on Windows doesn't gain focus when a new file is opened

  I am forced to use Windows but still wanted to use my favorite text editor, so I installed the latest build of Kate for Windows from https://kate-editor.org/. The issue is, when I open a new document, Kate doesn't gain focus, i.e. The window remains minimized or in the background. That makes opening files a bit tedious. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Syntax highlighting for Kate?

  Is anyone aware of how to get Ledger-CLI syntax highlighting for the Kate text editor? I had been using Atom, but am switching to Kate. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Feature request: make importing blueprints from string ignore newlines, and when exporting blueprints to string, add a newline every 500 characters so I don't get text editor or OS crashes when I try to import a speedrun base

  I use kate fwiw, and it might stutter a little with large files but I've never had it take down my system. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Linux is the most anti-user friendly piece of shit ever

  I would use Kate as it has way more features than notepad. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Visual Studio Code is designed to fracture

  Even if you disregard all of the terminal based editors (micro, Kakoune, neovim, Helix) there's Kate which is already awesome and constantly getting great updates. There are also many promising projects like Lapce and CudaText (but they are admittedly not great yet). Source: almost 4 years ago

• do you guys have nay auggestion for arduino ide alternatives ?

  I just go with a Makefile and any text editor I like - usually kate. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Good Bye ATOM 👋

  Another one is Kate. The text editor from the developers of KDE plasma. And since I'm using KDE, it works really great for me.(Its cross platform, supports Win, Mac, Linux) Its very customizable, offers many plugins, is very lightweight, has a lot of features. The only thing it lacks is support for third party plugins. But noticing the nature of KDE software, I think it will allow third party plugins soon as well. - Source: dev.to / about 4 years ago

• What beautiful Linux apps deserve more "marketing attention" for lack of a better term?

  Kate - The best text editor on Linux. Especially since Atom is dead now and many people are looking for alternatives of VSCode. Source: about 4 years ago

• Linux Program Similar to Notepad++?

  Following are the several options: 1. Gedit 2. Kate 3. vim/nvim 4. Emacs 5. Sublime text 6. Vscode 7. ... Source: about 4 years ago

• Which IDE/editor do you use?

  I just use Kate. I am on Linux so kate has a terminal built in which I use to run my code. Source: about 4 years ago