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.