The Kate Application Configuration
This group contains pages to configure the main Kate application
This section contains a few global options for Kate
When enabled, Kate will display the full URL of your current document in the window title, rather than just the file name.
This will cause the built-in Konsole to cd into the directory of the active document when launched and when a new document gets the focus. If not enabled, you have to do all your navigation in the Konsole on your own.
When enabled, Kate will notify you about files modified from outside the application whenever the main window receives input focus. You will be able to deal with several modified files at once, you can reload, save or discard changed files in groups.
If not enabled, Kate will prompt you for action when a externally modified file receives focus within the application.
When enabled, Kate will store meta data such as bookmarks and session configuration even when you close your documents. The data will be used if the document is unchanged when reopened.
Set the maximum number of days to keep meta information for unopen files. This helps keeping the database of meta information reasonably sized.
This section contains options related to using sessions.
If enabled, Kate will save the window configuration with each session.
Select how you want Kate to behave at startup. This setting can be overridden by specifying what to do on the command line.
With this option, Kate will start a new, unnamed session when you start it.
Kate will use the most recently opened session at startup. This is good if you want to use the same session always or switch rarely.
Kate will display a small dialog that lets you choose your preferred session. This is the default behavior. Nice if you use a lot of different sessions frequently.
The changes to the session data (open files and if enabled, window configuration) will not be saved. You will of course be prompted if you have unsaved files. With this option, your can configure your sessions once, and not worry about closing extra files that you opened and do not want to see next time you use the session.
Kate will save session data, except if the session is unnamed. With this option, your sessions are allways restored just like you left them. This is the default behavior.
You will be asked if you want to save the session every time a named session is closed.
Configure the buttons on the file system browser toolbar by moving the ones you want enabled to the Selected Actions list, and order them using the arrow buttons at the side of the list.
You can have the filesystem browser automatically navigate to the directory containing the current document on certain events:
When a new document becomes the active one.
When the filesystem browser becomes visible.
Select how long a browsing history you want. The browser does only remember >
This will cause the built-in Konsole to cd into the directory of the active document when launched and when a new document gets the focus. If not enabled, you have to do all your navigation in the Konsole on your own.
When enabled, Kate will notify you about files modified from outside the application whenever the main window receives input focus. You will be able to deal with several modified files at once, you can reload, save or discard changed files in groups.
If not enabled, Kate will prompt you for action when a externally modified file receives focus within the application.
When enabled, Kate will store meta data such as bookmarks and session configuration even when you close your documents. The data will be used if the document is unchanged when reopened.
Set the maximum number of days to keep meta information for unopen files. This helps keeping the database of meta information reasonably sized.
This section contains options related to using sessions.
If enabled, Kate will save the window configuration with each session.
Select how you want Kate to behave at startup. This setting can be overridden by specifying what to do on the command line.
With this option, Kate will start a new, unnamed session when you start it.
Kate will use the most recently opened session at startup. This is good if you want to use the same session always or switch rarely.
Kate will display a small dialog that lets you choose your preferred session. This is the default behavior. Nice if you use a lot of different sessions frequently.
The changes to the session data (open files and if enabled, window configuration) will not be saved. You will of course be prompted if you have unsaved files. With this option, your can configure your sessions once, and not worry about closing extra files that you opened and do not want to see next time you use the session.
Kate will save session data, except if the session is unnamed. With this option, your sessions are allways restored just like you left them. This is the default behavior.
You will be asked if you want to save the session every time a named session is closed.
Configure the buttons on the file system browser toolbar by moving the ones you want enabled to the Selected Actions list, and order them using the arrow buttons at the side of the list.
You can have the filesystem browser automatically navigate to the directory containing the current document on certain events:
When a new document becomes the active one.
When the filesystem browser becomes visible.