Dave Lers wrote:

> Leslie Turriff wrote:
>> Okay, I tried using this new method, but it doesn't seem to
>> work for me either.  I still get the documents sidebar.
>>
>> 1)   Delete ~/.trinity/share/apps/kate directory and contents
> 
> Seems pointless, I'm pretty sure we're just editing .katesession files
> via GUI.
> 
>> 2)   Open Kate
> 
> Set Settings > configure > sessions > save session
> ...check include window configuration
> 
>> 3)   Close the documents sidebar (Window -> Tool Views -> Hide
>> Documents)
> 
> That's it, close Kate and reopen that session
> 
>> 4)   Save the session (Sessions -> Save As -> somesession
> 
> Nothing I mentioned said anything about the Sessions menu, ignore it
> completely.

I didn't follow that much the discussion, so excuse me if I am repeating
something already said.

I use many sessions related to different work subjects in kate. I just tried
open kate close/hide the document/file view, closed kate. After this I
opened kate and the view was hidden as expected.
The default session is a bit odd, so I stopped using default long time ago.
I recommend using custom session. you can remove the default one after
creating your own.

regards