kate

kate

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Install latest/stable of kate

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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Install using the command line

sudo snap install kate --classic

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Channel Version Published

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?


KDE Advanced Text Editor

Kate is a multi-document, multi-view text editor by KDE. It features stuff like codefolding, syntaxhighlighting, dynamic word wrap, an embedded console, an extensive plugin interface and some preliminary scripting support.

Features:

  • MDI, window splitting, window tabbing
  • Spell checking
  • CR, CRLF, LF newline support
  • Encoding support (utf-8, utf-16, ascii etc.)
  • Encoding conversion
  • Regular expression based find & replace
  • Powerful syntax highlighting and bracket matching
  • Code and text folding
  • Infinite undo/redo support
  • Block selection mode
  • Auto indentation
  • Auto completion support
  • Shell integration
  • Wide protocol support (http, ftp, ssh, webdav etc.) using kioslaves
  • Plugin architecture for the application and editor component
  • Customizable shortcuts
  • Integrated command line
  • Scriptable using JavaScript

Details for kate

License
  • GPL-2.0+

Last updated
  • 14 November 2024 - latest/stable
  • 9 November 2024 - latest/candidate

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