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Katekate-editor.orgKate is a cross-platform text editor from KDE that lets you view and edit many files at once with tabs and split views. It includes syntax highlighting for over 400 languages, multi-cursor editing, customizable hotkeys, and a plugin ecosystem with an embedded terminal, LSP-based autocomplete, and debugging/build tools. It also supports on-the-fly spellchecking, VI input mode, rectangular block selection, smart search/replace, and project navigation to efficiently develop applications.
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Kate : KDE’s advanced text editor. Despite having deep features like code folding and split windows, it launches remarkably fast and remains snappy on resource usage.
Kate - KDE's Advanced Text Editor is feature-rich with multi-document views and code folding, yet it starts up remarkably fast on Linux systems.
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Kate : The KDE Advanced Text Editor is feature-rich, fast, and remarkably lightweight for how much power it packs
Kate (KDE Advanced Text Editor) A powerful, feature-rich native GUI text editor for Linux (and available on other platforms) built on KDE Frameworks.
