<s>
The	O
KDE	B-Application
Advanced	O
Text	O
Editor	O
,	O
or	O
Kate	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
KDE	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Compilation	I-Language
since	O
version	B-Language
2.2	I-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intended	O
for	O
software	O
developers	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
,	O
customizable	O
layouts	O
,	O
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
support	O
,	O
and	O
extensibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
text	O
editor	O
's	O
mascot	O
is	O
Kate	B-Application
the	I-Application
Cyber	I-Application
Woodpecker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
has	O
been	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
KDE	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Compilation	I-Language
since	O
release	B-Language
2.2	I-Language
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
KParts	B-Language
technology	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
embed	O
Kate	B-Application
as	O
an	O
editing	O
component	O
in	O
other	O
KDE	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
KDE	B-Application
applications	O
which	O
use	O
Kate	B-Application
as	O
an	O
editing	O
component	O
include	O
the	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
KDevelop	B-Language
,	O
the	O
web	O
development	O
environment	O
Quanta	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
LaTeX	B-Application
front-end	O
Kile	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
has	O
won	O
the	O
advanced	O
text	O
editor	O
comparison	O
in	O
Linux	O
Voice	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
development	O
had	O
started	O
to	O
port	O
Kate	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
Konsole	B-Language
,	O
KDE	B-Language
Telepathy	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Yakuake	O
,	O
to	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
5	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
text-editor	O
KWrite	B-Language
was	O
modified	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
base	O
as	O
Kate	B-Application
with	O
deactivated	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
is	O
a	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
features	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
for	O
over	O
300	O
file	O
formats	O
with	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
is	O
extensible	O
via	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
UTF-8	O
,	O
UTF-16	O
,	O
ISO-8859-1	O
and	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
encoding	O
schemes	O
and	O
can	O
detect	O
a	O
file	O
's	O
character	B-General_Concept
encoding	I-General_Concept
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
offers	O
code	O
completion	O
and	O
reference	O
finding	O
for	O
various	O
programming	O
languages	O
through	O
its	O
Language	O
Server	O
Protocol	O
Client	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
configuration	O
supports	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
D	B-Application
,	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
Go	B-Application
,	O
Latex	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Rust	B-Application
,	O
and	O
OCaml	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
's	O
main	O
text	O
editor	O
widget	O
is	O
called	O
KatePart	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
reusable	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
version	O
2	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
must	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
KParts	B-Language
,	O
a	O
KDE	B-Application
plugin	O
framework	O
for	O
user	O
interface	O
components	O
that	O
Kate	B-Application
also	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
modal	B-General_Concept
text	O
editor	O
through	O
its	O
vi	B-Application
input	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
features	O
multiple	O
document	O
interface	O
,	O
window	O
splitting	O
,	O
project	O
editing	O
and	O
sessions	O
to	O
facilitate	O
editing	O
multiple	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
sessions	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
customize	O
Kate	B-Application
for	O
different	O
projects	O
by	O
saving	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
open	O
files	O
,	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
enabled	O
plug-ins	O
and	O
the	O
window	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
includes	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
Konsole	B-Language
through	O
its	O
Terminal	O
Tool	O
View	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
this	O
feature	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
Kate	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	O
modification	O
indicators	O
highlight	O
lines	O
with	O
unsaved	O
changes	O
and	O
lines	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
a	O
KDE	B-Application
application	O
,	O
Kate	B-Application
transparently	O
opens	O
and	O
saves	O
files	O
over	O
all	O
protocols	O
supported	O
by	O
KIO	B-Language
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
and	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
unlike	O
Xed	B-Language
,	O
Kate	B-Application
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
session	B-Protocol
manager	O
which	O
allows	O
naming	O
,	O
saving	O
,	O
and	O
restoring	O
sessions	O
,	O
meaning	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
momentarily	O
open	O
file	O
tabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saved	O
sessions	O
are	O
stored	O
as	O
key-value-formatted	O
*	O
.katesession	O
files	O
into	O
~	O
/.local/share/kate/sessions/	O
.	O
</s>
