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Kate is the feature-packed text editor from KDE. | Kate is the feature-packed text editor from KDE. | ||
A screen recording version is available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBWVTKEVkOU | |||
==kdesrc-build== | |||
The web page | Make sure kdesrc-build works correctly. Make sure ~/.config/kdesrc-buildrc contains the lines: | ||
* | |||
* | {{Input|1=<nowiki> | ||
* | cmake-options -G "Kate - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug | ||
# Build with LSP support for everything that supports it | |||
compile-commands-linking true | |||
compile-commands-export true | |||
</nowiki>}} | |||
Using kdesrc-build build a module. E.g. | |||
{{Input|1=<nowiki> | |||
kdesrc-build kcalc | |||
</nowiki>}} | |||
==kate== | |||
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. | |||
In kate enable the plugins: Project Plugin, LSP Client, Build Plugin, GDB. | |||
Some of the features available in kate: | |||
* 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. | |||
===Build and debug=== | |||
====With the ".kateproject" file==== | |||
{{Input|1=<nowiki> | |||
cd ~/kde/src/kcalc | |||
ln -s ~/kde/build/kcalc/.kateproject ~/kde/src/kcalc/.kateproject | |||
kate . & | |||
</nowiki>}} | |||
* Build. kate main menu > Build > Select Target... > Target Set > Working Directory should be "~/kde/build/kcalc", all of the CMake targets should be listed, > OK button. "Build Output" tool view > "Output" is shown. kate main menu > Build > Build Default Target. | |||
* Debugger. kate main menu > Debug > Targets > Target 1. kate main menu > View > Tool Views > Show Debug View > Settings tab > Executable > select "~/kde/build/kcalc/bin/kcalc". Click on source code line, from kate main menu > Debug > Toggle Breakpoint. kate main menu > Debug > Start Debugging. kate main menu > Debug > Continue/ Step Over/ Step In/ Step Out. | |||
====Without the ".kateproject" file==== | |||
If we do not have a ".kateproject" file. Then: | |||
* Build. kate main menu > Build > Select Target... > Target Set > Working Directory should be "~/kde/build/kcalc" > OK button. "Build Output" tool view > "Output" is shown. Change to tab "Target Settings" from tool view "Build Output" > double click on cell "Dir:" > select "~/kde/build/kcalc", press Enter. kate main menu > Build > Build Default Target. | |||
* Debugger. kate main menu > Debug > Targets > Target 1. kate main menu > View > Tool Views > Show Debug View > Settings tab > Executable > select "~/kde/build/kcalc/bin/kcalc". Click on source code line, from kate main menu > Debug > Toggle Breakpoint. kate main menu > Debug > Start Debugging. kate main menu > Debug > Continue/ Step Over/ Step In/ Step Out. |
Latest revision as of 18:10, 30 December 2022
Kate is the feature-packed text editor from KDE.
A screen recording version is available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBWVTKEVkOU
kdesrc-build
Make sure kdesrc-build works correctly. Make sure ~/.config/kdesrc-buildrc contains the lines:
cmake-options -G "Kate - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug # Build with LSP support for everything that supports it compile-commands-linking true compile-commands-export true
Using kdesrc-build build a module. E.g.
kdesrc-build kcalc
kate
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.
In kate enable the plugins: Project Plugin, LSP Client, Build Plugin, GDB.
Some of the features available in kate:
- 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.
Build and debug
With the ".kateproject" file
cd ~/kde/src/kcalc ln -s ~/kde/build/kcalc/.kateproject ~/kde/src/kcalc/.kateproject kate . &
- Build. kate main menu > Build > Select Target... > Target Set > Working Directory should be "~/kde/build/kcalc", all of the CMake targets should be listed, > OK button. "Build Output" tool view > "Output" is shown. kate main menu > Build > Build Default Target.
- Debugger. kate main menu > Debug > Targets > Target 1. kate main menu > View > Tool Views > Show Debug View > Settings tab > Executable > select "~/kde/build/kcalc/bin/kcalc". Click on source code line, from kate main menu > Debug > Toggle Breakpoint. kate main menu > Debug > Start Debugging. kate main menu > Debug > Continue/ Step Over/ Step In/ Step Out.
Without the ".kateproject" file
If we do not have a ".kateproject" file. Then:
- Build. kate main menu > Build > Select Target... > Target Set > Working Directory should be "~/kde/build/kcalc" > OK button. "Build Output" tool view > "Output" is shown. Change to tab "Target Settings" from tool view "Build Output" > double click on cell "Dir:" > select "~/kde/build/kcalc", press Enter. kate main menu > Build > Build Default Target.
- Debugger. kate main menu > Debug > Targets > Target 1. kate main menu > View > Tool Views > Show Debug View > Settings tab > Executable > select "~/kde/build/kcalc/bin/kcalc". Click on source code line, from kate main menu > Debug > Toggle Breakpoint. kate main menu > Debug > Start Debugging. kate main menu > Debug > Continue/ Step Over/ Step In/ Step Out.