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Kate is a multi-document, multi-view text editor by KDE. It features stuff like codefolding, syntaxhighlighting, dynamic word wrap, an embedded console, an extensive plugin interface and some preliminary scripting support.
Features:
MDI, window splitting, window tabbing
Spell checking
CR, CRLF, LF newline support
Encoding support (utf-8, utf-16, ascii etc.)
Encoding conversion
Regular expression based find & replace
Powerful syntax highlighting and bracket matching
Code and text folding
Infinite undo/redo support
Block selection mode
Auto indentation
Auto completion support
Shell integration
Wide protocol support (http, ftp, ssh, webdav etc.) using kioslaves
Plugin architecture for the application and editor component
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed from the command line. Open the Konsole terminal and enter the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Install kate
To install kate, simply use the following command: