Dave Lers wrote:
>> 8)	Open Kate -- Document view persists. :-(
>
> Only when the Default Session is chosen at startup, NOT when "Session
> (05:46:34 PM)" is chosen at startup.

Any option other than "Session (05:46:34 PM)" will show the Document
pane, because it is the only option that has been configured not to
show it, e.g. new session will show it because default session has not
been configured not to show it.