Chapter 4. Working with Plugins

Anders Lund

Table of Contents

Kate Application Plugins
External Tools
Configuring External Tools
Variable Expansion
List of Default Tools
Backtrace Browser Plugin
Using the Backtrace Browser Plugin
Configuration
Build Plugin
Introduction
Using the Build Plugin
Menu Structure
Thanks and Acknowledgments
Close Except/Like Plugin
Introduction
Using the Close Except/Like Plugin
Menu Structure
Color Picker Plugin
Introduction
Configuration
Colored Brackets
Introduction
Configuration
CTags Plugin
Introduction
Configuration
Using the CTags Plugin
Menu Structure
Document Preview Plugin
Introduction
Menu Structure
Interface
Document Switcher Plugin
Menu Structure
File System Browser
Menu Structure
Interface
Configuration
The Documents List
Introduction
Menu Structure
Configuration
GDB Plugin
Introduction
Menu and Toolbar Structure
Debug View
Call Stack and Locals
Thanks and Acknowledgments
Project Plugin
Introduction
Structured View of the Files
Switching Projects
Search and Replace in Projects
Simple Auto Completion
Support for Building the Project
Creating Projects
Current Project
The Projects Menu
LSP Client Plugin
Menu Structure
Goto Symbol support
Other Features
Configuration
Search & Replace
Introduction
Interface
Menu Structure
Kate Snippets
Introduction
Menu Structure
Snippets panel
Using Snippets
Thanks and Acknowledgments
Keyboard Macros Plugin
Introduction
Basic usage
Named macros
Limitations
SQL Plugin
Introduction
Connecting to a Database
Running Queries
Browsing
Menu Structure
Thanks and Acknowledgments
Symbol Viewer Plugin
Using the Close Except/Like Plugin
Menu Structure
Configuration
Terminal Tool View Plugin
Menu Structure
Configuration
Text Filter Plugin
Using the Text Filter Plugin
Menu Structure
XML Validation
Menu Structure
Thanks and Acknowledgments
XML Completion
How to Use
Features and Limitations
Menu Structure
Thanks and Acknowledgments

You can enable the individual plugins in the configuration dialog, which also provides access to additional configuration options for plugins that require it.

Kate Application Plugins

Kate plugins are additional functions for the Kate editor. They can add extra menus and shortcuts, and extend Kate's features. You can install as many or as few as you like, from within Kate. Open Kate's configuration dialog with SettingsConfigure Kate... Select ApplicationPlugins to choose the wanted plugins.

The available application plugins are: