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Kate is the feature-packed text editor from KDE. | Kate is the feature-packed text editor from KDE. | ||
See the web page "Building Kate from Sources on Linux" https://kate-editor.org/build-it/ | |||
The web page talks about how to build kate using kdesrc-build. | The web page talks about how to build kate using kdesrc-build and how to configure kate. | ||
Configure the kate text editor in order to program/develop C++ source code projects: | |||
* Configure kdesrc-build to generate .kateproject project files. | * Configure kdesrc-build to generate .kateproject project files. | ||
* Configure kdesrc-build to generate the file compile_commands.json used by the clangd C++ LSP server. | * Configure kdesrc-build to generate the file compile_commands.json used by the clangd C++ LSP server. | ||
* Enable the kate plugins: Project Plugin, LSP Client, Build Plugin. | * Enable the kate plugins: Project Plugin, LSP Client, Build Plugin, GDB. | ||
Some of the features available in kate: | |||
* Debugger. Using the "GDB" plugin. | |||
* LSP Client Symbol Outline | |||
* Right click in text editor on a C++ identifier > LSP Client > Go to Declaration/Find References/ Switch Source Header F12/ Symbol Info/ Search and Go to Symbol Ctrl+Alt+P/ Format/ Rename/ Switch to diagnostics tab/ Quickfix This menu is also available from kate main menu > LSP Client. | |||
* kate main menu > Tools > External Tools > Git > git blame/ gitk | |||
* kate main menu > Tools > External Tools > Tools > Clang Format Full File/ Search KDE/Qt API/ JSON/XML Format Full File. | |||
Revision as of 18:22, 11 September 2022
Kate is the feature-packed text editor from KDE.
See the web page "Building Kate from Sources on Linux" https://kate-editor.org/build-it/
The web page talks about how to build kate using kdesrc-build and how to configure kate.
Configure the kate text editor in order to program/develop C++ source code projects:
- Configure kdesrc-build to generate .kateproject project files.
- Configure kdesrc-build to generate the file compile_commands.json used by the clangd C++ LSP server.
- Enable the kate plugins: Project Plugin, LSP Client, Build Plugin, GDB.
Some of the features available in kate:
- Debugger. Using the "GDB" plugin.
- LSP Client Symbol Outline
- Right click in text editor on a C++ identifier > LSP Client > Go to Declaration/Find References/ Switch Source Header F12/ Symbol Info/ Search and Go to Symbol Ctrl+Alt+P/ Format/ Rename/ Switch to diagnostics tab/ Quickfix This menu is also available from kate main menu > LSP Client.
- kate main menu > Tools > External Tools > Git > git blame/ gitk
- kate main menu > Tools > External Tools > Tools > Clang Format Full File/ Search KDE/Qt API/ JSON/XML Format Full File.