On 2023-09-11 04:17 PM, D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
I have a simple mind, so I have an equally simple requirement for Kate... when I click on a text file in konqueror, I want kate to open with only one pane: the edit pane showing the contents of the file on which I clicked.
I am sure it used to work exactly this way, but somehow it seems that my configuration now is wrong: what happens now when kate opens is that there is an extra pane on the left hand side, containing the names of several recently-edited files. I suspect, given the amount of time that kate is now taking to open, that kate is actually reading those files into memory. I don't want any of that to happen: I want just a clean view of the contents of the file I want to edit.
I'm sure it's a simple thing to fix, but I've wasted a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out, without success, how to change the configuration so that kate doesn't occupy screen space with a list of recently-edited files.
So if someone can give me the magic configuration item(s) to change, I would very much appreciate it.
Doc
Sounds like a Kate session. By default, Kate saves sessions and loads them on application start. You can change it to always start a new session on launch under 'Configure Kate... > Application > Sessions'. You should also select 'Do not save sessions' on the exit behavior on the same page.