Eugenia L
I was going to suggest to my husband @jbqueru to move to KDE's Kate code editor (currently he is using SublimeText, and previous VSCode), but there is no ruler feature on Kate. He kind of needs that for his arcane assemblers.
#kde #kateeditor #kate #linux #opensource #foss #programming
Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:
@eugenialoli @jbqueru What do you mean by ruler? If that means a vertical line at some column then Kate does have this. You can enable it via menu View → Word Wrap → Show Static Word Wrapper. The column can be set in Settings → Configure Kate → Editing → Wrap Words At.
Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:
@eugenialoli @jbqueru Kate does remember the last session here. Using version 24.08.3. Usually I just launch the desired session directly by typing the name in KRunner, or hand pick it from the startup window. But also just tried setting Settings → Configure Kate → Session → Load Last used session, and it appears to work fine here.
Eugenia L
@JRepin @jbqueru Another problem is that it doesn't remember the session. I have set it to remember the session (the files that were open before), and it just reloads with an empty file.
Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:
@eugenialoli @jbqueru I see. You mean "anonymous" session, without explicitly saving one. I never noticed that since I never needed it. Probably best to file a wishlist report about this at
https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kate&bug_severity=wishlist
If it is not already in the system. Or if maybe somebody else knows if it is possible to enable that. I remember seeing it work with X11 session restore long time ago when I left Kate running and restarted the computer and it restored even unsaved files.
Eugenia L
@JRepin @jbqueru I see that you have to invoke the session itself, we were hoping to just automatically load the last loaded files by itself.
Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:
@eugenialoli @jbqueru
Strange. Just tried it and still works fine here. Probably best to file a bug report about it, if it happens on the latest version.
Eugenia L
@JRepin @jbqueru nope, it doesn't work correctly either. I have two sessions, with different files loaded on each of them. When I switch between sessions from the main menu, it doesn't switch the open files.
Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:
@jbqueru @eugenialoli Awesome. Glad to hear it worked out in the end. And remember to file any feature request or bug and hopefully help make Kate even better in the future
https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kate&bug_severity=wishlist
Eugenia L
@JRepin @jbqueru here it works from the command line, it loads the last session with the right files. But when I switch the session from within kate (using the main menu entry), it doesn't replace the files. I used the 24.08 flatpak, and the 23.08 debian repo. Same behavior on both. Unfortunately, their appimage daily-build doesn't work at all.
Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru
@eugenialoli @JRepin Looks like Eugenia got it working for me. The basic experience seems to be there, as well as some reasonable flexibility for syntax highlighting. I'm probably going to switch to it, since I tend to prefer Open Source tools.
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