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Re: [trinity-users] Kate

From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@...>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:05:16 -0500
On Friday 22 January 2016 08:51:39 Baron wrote:

> Hi Thierry, All,
>
> On Thursday 21 January 2016 22:25:34 Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 January 2016 22.41:53 Baron wrote:
> > > Hi Thierry,
> > >
> > > I don't care for "kate" either.  I am trying to get rid of it !
> > >
> > > I originally went into Synaptic and tried to remove it from
> > > there, but it wanted to remove most of TDE. So I chickened out
> > > and tried to rename every instance that I could find to stop it
> > > opening up when ever I selected a text file. I also tried "open
> > > with" and "remember application".  So I've now been round and
> > > deleted every instance that I can find, but it simply replaces
> > > the renamed or deleted files.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best Regards:
> > >             Baron
> >
> > Seems we'll need some of the wizards that make TDE. I thought maybe
> > deleting or renaming the program would do - but after
> > deleting /opt/trinity/bin/kate...  I can still start kate!
> >
> > I would guess parts of kate are integrated in konqueror (as it
> > seems to be the default editor).
> >
> > So removing kate seems at least very difficult. It is the default
> > embeded editor (and there is no other editor proposed in the list
> > in the ControlCenter. I can associate kedit with *.txt files, but
> > kate remains the default embeded editor.
> >
> > This may explain why it's difficult (impossible?) to remove, but
> > I've never seen it respawning.
> >
> > Thierry
>
> Thanks Thierry,
> When I delete the "kate" directory in ".trinity/share/apps/"  the next
> time I open "apps" it's back...   Maybe respawning was the wrong
> word ?
>
> Lisi, It's R14.0.  I hadn't checked "KControl".  But now you have
> pointed it out I will check there.  Thanks.
>
> Gerhard,
> Thanks for the instructions on changing its priority in "Application
> Preference Order" seems to work.  At least it doesn't grab the "txt"
> files anymore.

That has been my solution to getting rid of kate. I liked gedit, but it 
scrambled the contents of a file one too many times so I'm using geany 
now.  A pretty face, less capable, but has yet to scramble a file just 
while changing one byte in it. Plugins are gradually appearing as coders 
scratch their own personal itches.

I think my distaste for kate probably starts with its default font 
selections.  Ugly is being kind...

> Thanks all for your help, its appreciated.


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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