OpenEuphoria

RE: Kate editor

• Posted by I Mullins <eugtk at yahoo.com> Feb 18, 2004
• 498 views

Jerry Story wrote:
> 
> 
> I heard a rumor that Kate is the best editor for programming for Linux. 
> Is this true?

I think so. For several reasons, some are just personal preference, 
others are of more general interest. 

Some of general interest include:
1. the ease of adding Euphoria (or other) syntax highlighting, without 
having to re-compile anything.
2. the ability to edit huge files as well as large numbers of files 
without choking.
3. kate can add/remove comments from blocks of code with a key press. 
This eliminates the need for 'block comments' in Euphoria.
4. the ability to restore your editing environment when you open the 
editor (list of files to edit and current file)
 
> I have Mandrake 9.2, download edition, 3 CDs. No Kate RPM on any of 
> them. 

Erm.. yes there is. From the Start Applications (K) menu, select:
Configuration / Packaging / Install Software
enter root password
type "kate" into search box.
select kdebase-kate-3.1.3-79mdk
click "install" button.

The above assumes you are using KDE. If you haven't loaded KDE, 
then you won't be able to run kate. I strongly urge you to install 
both the Gnome and KDE desktops, and try them both. I have, and always 
return to the KDE desktop.

Regards,
Irv