On 2016-12-23 16:48:03 deloptes wrote: > > Okay. �I didn't know that the same settings appear in two different > > files. (Why is that?) > > what do you mean it appears in two different files? I deleted the offending file, so can't show you, but the ~/.trinity/share/config/kate_* file had part of what's in ~/.trinity/share/apps/kate/sessions/default.katesession; specifically the [MainWinow0] section, which contains the offending Kate-MDI-Sidebar-Visible= parameter. Leslie