• About

    Dominik is a PhD student at the Control Theory and Robotics Lab, TU Darmstadt, as part of the Research Training Group GKMM (GRK1362). My research focuses on state estimation in distributed systems. As hobby, I contribute to the KDE project and work on the Kate application and editor component.

    http://www.kate-editor.org

    21 Responses to Kate Turning 10 Years Old

    1. Pöh
      August 11, 2011 at 17:59

      So.. in ten years only looks changed? ^_^

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    2. Friedrich
      August 11, 2011 at 20:07

      Congrats to Kate from Okteta! :)

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    3. Fri13
      August 11, 2011 at 22:05

      I dont know why but I feel the first version looks much better and cleaner…

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      • Paul B
        August 12, 2011 at 00:09

        I think it’s the font size, turning the font size down a point or two is the first thing I do on a new system and makes everything look better. :P
        Also the toolbar icons in the second one are bigger and accompanied by text.

        Or maybe you just like the old theme, I’m pretty sure there’s a similar available in the default KDE install on most distros :)

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      • damian
        August 12, 2011 at 00:52

        I think that’s because in current oxygen, the tittle bar, toolbar and menubar blend together, and as there’s no separation between stuff, it feels more confusing, also the fonts as Pal said

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    4. sebas
      August 12, 2011 at 03:01

      Kongratz to my favourite editor and its team of kreators!

      (Yes, the K-words are a reminiscence of the old days, rather than a pun onto the new ones.)

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    5. john
      August 12, 2011 at 07:36

      I like the first one the most. It has less bloated toolbars and more room for actual work.
      Unfortunately it looks like the new toolbars, borders etc take up more space…

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      • Christoph Cullmann
        August 12, 2011 at 11:17

        Actually my old screenshot was with smaller fonts and given that my old PC up then had only 1024×768, today, with normal screens, you will have much more space to work with Kate ;)

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    6. Shubham
      August 12, 2011 at 13:44

      Congrats to Kate from New Delhi, India

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    7. T.C. Hollingsworth
      August 12, 2011 at 14:54

      Congratulations guys!!!

      I’m glad I was only twelve when you started; I can’t imagine living without Kate. ;-)

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      • Christoph Cullmann
        August 12, 2011 at 15:20

        Damn, now I feel old ;) But thanks that you like it! And thanks for the help on the manual!!!

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      • haumann
        August 12, 2011 at 17:27

        You should come to the yearly KDE conference the next time! We are all nice guys, so it’s usually a very good time to be here.

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        • T.C. Hollingsworth
          August 15, 2011 at 13:36

          I’m not sure how a visit to Berlin could be anything other than a “good time”. ;-)

          I have a friend from there who came over here as an exchange student some years ago and has been bugging me to come visit and raving about how awesome it is for ages now.

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          • haumann
            August 16, 2011 at 09:30

            Of course, it’s about having a good time, but also about lots of discussions, meeting other people and getting work done :)

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    8. Mike
      August 13, 2011 at 20:41

      KDE really should consider spending some effort on choosing professional fonts.

      Not only does KDE4 Kate look uglier than it should on this screenshot, it’s probably also hardly usable. The amount of text shown in each window is so small that scrolling all the time would drive me crazy.

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      • haumann
        August 13, 2011 at 21:06

        Well, I just arranged the views such that it looks the same as 10 years before. And I resized the Kate mainwindow to a rather small size so you can actually see something without clicking on the link.
        So all comments on the layout are just invalid. I thought that obvious ;)

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    9. JanKusanagi
      August 14, 2011 at 00:03

      Congratulations! She rocks! ;)

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    10. ruben
      November 4, 2011 at 02:54

      seriously guys you should be proud of kate. I’ve once made user come to KDE/linux just for the kate editor

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