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After bit more playing around with the project plugin, I did get aware that I am even to lazy to open project files. Normally if I need to fix something or add new features, I just go to the directory and open the source or build system files I need to work on. Therefore the project plugin now just watches which files you open and will load the corresponding project on the fly for you ;) (instead of naming your project, you create a .kateproject hidden file in the toplevel project dir, just like Git would do it with its .git directory) Read More

Currently, we use our own passive notification bar to show a recovery bar when a swap file was found: Since version 4.7 we have a class called KMessageWidget (api documentation). Using KMessageWidget, the notification could also look like this: Imo, the new one looks nicer, as it much better distinguishes the notification popup from the rest of the ui. However, it several drawbacks: Read More

Let’s see what comes out of it and let’s hope for the best (link on heise) :-)

Hi, just yesterday I got asked by one long time contributor, if he can at all join the KDE e.V. or if he needs to do something special for that. He thought it would be more an invitation only club. It’s not ;) Anybody who does contribute to KDE can join us. KDE e.V. definition from its homepage: “KDE e.V. is a registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE Community in legal and financial matters.” Read More

With KDE SC 4.9 around the corner and according to tradition, it’s time to have a look at what’s new in Kate. **Improved Support for Custom Color Schemas ** improved “Colors” tab in the “Fonts & Colors” config page configurable colors: search & replace, code folding, indentation line, schema export and import honor background colors (bug #291868) and font “highlight selection” plugin and “search and replace” plugin now use search & replace colors from Kate’s color schema Line Modification System Read More

One year more passed and the next Akademy will soon open its doors. Was never before in Tallinn or Estonia, will be an interesting visit. Hope to meet again a lot of old and new KDE people. Didn’t code a lot at all since last years meeting, too busy to finalize my phd thesis. Hope to get more time for Kate in the next months again ;) And at the meeting.

In KDE SC 4.9, Kate Part will have an option in the Open/Save config tab called [ ] Append newline at end of file on save By default (and Kate tradition), this option is off. You can also use the document variable (modeline) newline-at-eof [bool], either in the file itself, in a .kateconfig file, or in the “Modes & Filetypes” config page. If a newline was added, it is visible only after reloading the document. This finally fixes wish #256134. Read More

As already mentioned, Kate Part much better chooses colors from the default KDE color palette configured in System Settings in upcoming KDE SC 4.9. As teaser, here are some examples – hope you like it. Default “Oxygen” Color Schema Default “Obsidian Coast” Color Schema  Read More

Now, the categories in the “Colors” tab are painted like in System Settings (top: new, bottom: old): Thanks to Rafael Fernández López for relicensing the code of SystemSettings’ CategoryDrawer under LGPLv{2,3}.

This week, Kate Part received an update of the “Colors” tab in the settings dialog, available in KDE 4.9. The major features include configurable colors: search highlight, replace highlight and modified line colors – finally :-) possibility to always use colors from the KDE color scheme. the implementation works in a way that at some point, the host application (KDevelop, Kile, …) can put items into this list. Here are screenshots of the new (top) and the old (bottom) color tab: Read More