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
On Monday 11 of September 2023 23:17:59 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
Hi Doc,
is it possible that the solution is: "Set as the default editor kwrite instead of kate"?
Cheers
Slávek Banko via tde-users wrote on 9/11/23 15:23:
Hi Doc,
is it possible that the solution is: "Set as the default editor kwrite instead of kate"?
Possibly. I've never used it before. So I just tried it and couldn't see how to do the first thing I wanted to do: split the screen :-(
Doubtless there's a way to do that, but I couldn't find anything to tell me how. (The kwrite handbook is silent on the topic.)
So that doesn't bode well for using kwrite instead of kate.
Doc
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.
Anno domini 2023 Mon, 11 Sep 18:30:45 -0500 Wirlaburla via tde-users scripsit:
[...] 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.
But you cannot save the visibility of the left side panel. This was on the list some weeks ago :)
Nik
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Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote on 9/12/23 01:44:
Anno domini 2023 Mon, 11 Sep 18:30:45 -0500 Wirlaburla via tde-users scripsit:
[...] 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.
But you cannot save the visibility of the left side panel. This was on the list some weeks ago :)
Yes; that was probably when I was trying to tame the 300+ sessions called "Unnamed" that kate had somehow accumulated :-)
Sessions don't seem to be saved any more, so that's good. But I am now stuck with the visible left side panel (and, probably worse, the fact that kate now seems to be loading several huge files into memory every time I start it).
Doc
On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:18:34 -0600 "D. R. Evans via tde-users" users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote on 9/12/23 01:44:
Anno domini 2023 Mon, 11 Sep 18:30:45 -0500 Wirlaburla via tde-users scripsit:
[...] 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.
But you cannot save the visibility of the left side panel. This was on the list some weeks ago :)
Yes; that was probably when I was trying to tame the 300+ sessions called "Unnamed" that kate had somehow accumulated :-)
Sessions don't seem to be saved any more, so that's good. But I am now stuck with the visible left side panel (and, probably worse, the fact that kate now seems to be loading several huge files into memory every time I start it).
Doc
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You should try to enable "Include window configuration" setting in Application/Sessions section of Configure dialog, then close sidebar and restart Kate.
Ivan via tde-users wrote on 9/12/23 12:14:
You should try to enable "Include window configuration" setting in Application/Sessions section of Configure dialog, then close sidebar and restart Kate.
I already have that checked :-(
Explicitly: 1. in konqueror, click on a text file; 2. kate opens, with the sidebar; 3. remove sidebar; 4. close kate.
Sometime later... 5. in konqueror, click on a text file; 6. kate opens, with the sidebar;
Attached is the complete katerc configuration file as it currently exists on the system (if the reflector will allow the attachment to appear). Maybe somebody can spot the error.
[Just to be clear: kate generated the file, based on the configuration dialogues; I did not create or edit it manually.]
Doc
On Tuesday 12 September 2023 21:24:17 D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
Ivan via tde-users wrote on 9/12/23 12:14:
You should try to enable "Include window configuration" setting in Application/Sessions section of Configure dialog, then close sidebar and restart Kate.
I already have that checked :-(
Explicitly:
- in konqueror, click on a text file;
- kate opens, with the sidebar;
- remove sidebar;
- close kate.
Sometime later... 5. in konqueror, click on a text file; 6. kate opens, with the sidebar;
Attached is the complete katerc configuration file as it currently exists on the system (if the reflector will allow the attachment to appear). Maybe somebody can spot the error.
[Just to be clear: kate generated the file, based on the configuration dialogues; I did not create or edit it manually.]
Doc
if files are listed in the sidebar is because you opened a session - not a 'blank' kate
open the sidebar and use the 'close' button to remove those files from the session
close the sidebar
then go to settings >> config kate choose >> sessions choose >> do not save session (files will not be added to the sidebar) enable >> 'include window config' - then save the session (as default?)
if I understand your problem correctly, that may possibly clear up things
Lou
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/12/23 16:38:
open the sidebar and use the 'close' button to remove those files from the session
OK; done that.
close the sidebar
OK; done that.
then go to settings >> config kate choose >> sessions choose >> do not save session (files will not be added to the sidebar) enable >> 'include window config' - then save the session (as default?)
I'm not sure what you mean by "save the session (as default?)" at the end. Do you mean that I should call the session "default" when I save it? I tried that, and when I reopen kate, the sidebar is still present.
I will attach the current version of katerc, as it stands after executing your suggestions.
Doc
On Wednesday 13 September 2023 16:22:53 D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/12/23 16:38:
open the sidebar and use the 'close' button to remove those files from the session
OK; done that.
close the sidebar
OK; done that.
then go to settings >> config kate choose >> sessions choose >> do not save session (files will not be added to the sidebar) enable >> 'include window config' - then save the session (as default?)
I'm not sure what you mean by "save the session (as default?)" at the end. Do you mean that I should call the session "default" when I save it? I tried that, and when I reopen kate, the sidebar is still present.
Doc
makinging a session the 'default' means whatever changes you make re sidebar etc will be in the session which is automatically opened when to want to edit a file
how many session choices are there, when you open kate? you should see which is the 'defuault' session
I will attach the current version of katerc, as it stands after executing your suggestions.
Doc
then go to settings >> config kate choose >> sessions choose >> do not save session (files will not be added to the sidebar) ie it will be a blank session enable >> 'include window config' - then save the session
these actions should keep the sidebar from being opened - in the session which is the 'default' session
have you tried that???
Lou
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/13/23 15:07:
On Wednesday 13 September 2023 16:22:53 D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "save the session (as default?)" at the end. Do you mean that I should call the session "default" when I save it? I tried that, and when I reopen kate, the sidebar is still present.
Doc
makinging a session the 'default' means whatever changes you make re sidebar etc will be in the session which is automatically opened when to want to edit a file
I'm sorry; I stil don't understand what you're trying to tell me :-(
how many session choices are there, when you open kate?
If I go to Sessions | Select Session there is no choice, just "Unnamed".
you should see which is the 'defuault' session
I guess that "Unnamed" is the default session, then.
then go to settings >> config kate choose >> sessions choose >> do not save session (files will not be added to the sidebar) ie it will be a blank session
That is already the selected item in the configuration dialogue.
enable >> 'include window config' - then save the session
That is already the selected item in the configuration dialogue.
(See the attached screenshot.)
these actions should keep the sidebar from being opened - in the session which is the 'default' session
I am still very confused about what you mean by "default session". But the configuration items are selected as I describe above, and when I click on the name of a text file in konqueror, kate still opens with a sidebar on the left (and the sidebar contains [only] the name of the file on which I clicked).
Doc
On Thursday 14 September 2023 17:17:25 D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/13/23 15:07:
On Wednesday 13 September 2023 16:22:53 D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "save the session (as default?)" at the end. Do you mean that I should call the session "default" when I save it? I tried that, and when I reopen kate, the sidebar is still present.
Doc
makinging a session the 'default' means whatever changes you make re sidebar etc will be in the session which is automatically opened when to want to edit a file
I'm sorry; I stil don't understand what you're trying to tell me :-(
how many session choices are there, when you open kate?
If I go to Sessions | Select Session there is no choice, just "Unnamed".
you should see which is the 'defuault' session
I guess that "Unnamed" is the default session, then.
then go to settings >> config kate choose >> sessions choose >> do not save session (files will not be added to the sidebar) ie it will be a blank session
That is already the selected item in the configuration dialogue.
enable >> 'include window config' - then save the sessionThat is already the selected item in the configuration dialogue.
(See the attached screenshot.)
these actions should keep the sidebar from being opened - in the session which is the 'default' session
I am still very confused about what you mean by "default session". But the configuration items are selected as I describe above, and when I click on the name of a text file in konqueror, kate still opens with a sidebar on the left (and the sidebar contains [only] the name of the file on which I clicked).
Doc
It seems as if you have only 1 session - it IS the default session The config image looks correct
All I can advise is that AFTER closing the sidebar, MANUALLY save the session (sessions, save) close Kate, then open it again. The sidebar should remain closed.
If the sidebar remains open there is a glitch somewhere.
the only other thing I can think of is to actually name the session - to see if for some reason - that would make a difference (sessions, save as)
other than that it is just a case of closing the sidebar each time
Lou
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/14/23 14:30:
All I can advise is that AFTER closing the sidebar, MANUALLY save the session (sessions, save) close Kate, then open it again. The sidebar should remain closed.
At the "Sessions | Save" point, after closing the sidebar, I am prompted for a session name, which suggests that I will no longer have just one session.
But I gave it a name anyway. Then I closed kate. Then opened kate again. And the sidebar was still present.
Doc
On 2023-09-18 18:10:16 you wrote:
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/14/23 14:30:
All I can advise is that AFTER closing the sidebar, MANUALLY save the session (sessions, save) close Kate, then open it again. The sidebar should remain closed.
At the "Sessions | Save" point, after closing the sidebar, I am prompted for a session name, which suggests that I will no longer have just one session.
But I gave it a name anyway. Then I closed kate. Then opened kate again. And the sidebar was still present.
Doc
Configuration of the Sessions feature in Kate has always been confusing (at least for you and me).
If you Click on Sessions => Select Session > how many sessions do you see?
In the image you posted, 'Behavior on Application Exit or Session Switch' at the bottom is set to 'Do not save session'; perhaps, though you have created a new session, your session info was not saved into it? You could change that to 'Ask user' to see if that helps.
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J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/18/23 23:32:
Configuration of the Sessions feature in Kate has always been confusing (at least for you and me).
If you Click on Sessions => Select Session > how many sessions do you see?
One (called "Unnamed").
In the image you posted, 'Behavior on Application Exit or Session Switch' at the bottom is set to 'Do not save session'; perhaps, though you have created a new session, your session info was not saved into it? You could change that to 'Ask user' to see if that helps.
I did that, and it changed things, although not really a help:
With "Do not save session" selected:
1. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
2. Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
3. Remove sidebar.
4. File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
---
5. Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good. But...
6. Type some text.
7. File | Quit Asks me whether to save the file. I select yes, and give it a filename. Asks me whether to save the session; click "Delete".
[I note that this option says that it will delete ALL saved sessions, not just the current one. I don't see a way in this dialogue to delete the current session but keep the one that was present when kate started.]
---
8. Open blank kate. Back to having a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
So that's still not right :-(
----
I also tried the following in an attempt to finesse the lack of an option to keep the session information that was used when kate opens.
Starting from the same original configuration:
1. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
2. Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
3. Remove sidebar.
4. File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
5. Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good.
6. Change Session configuration to: do not save. Logically, then, if I now close and re-open kate, it will open with no sidebar, as no new session will be stored during the exit, and re-opening kate should therefore be exactly the same as in step 5.
7. File | Quit. No dialogue box. Good. When this step concludes, I reckon that I should be in exactly the same state as at the end of step 4, as no new session has been written to disk.
8. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Doc
On 2023-09-19 15:38:26 you wrote:
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/18/23 23:32:
Configuration of the Sessions feature in Kate has always been confusing (at least for you and me).
If you Click on Sessions => Select Session > how many sessions do you see?
One (called "Unnamed").
In the image you posted, 'Behavior on Application Exit or Session Switch' at the bottom is set to 'Do not save session'; perhaps, though you have created a new session, your session info was not saved into it? You could change that to 'Ask user' to see if that helps.
I did that, and it changed things, although not really a help:
With "Do not save session" selected:
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
Remove sidebar.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good. But...
Type some text.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the file. I select yes, and give it a filename. Asks me whether to save the session; click "Delete".
But why did you want to delete the session which is remembering that you don't want the sidebar to be displayed? Now that you know that the session is recording that, you can change 'Ask user' to 'Save session' (it really means 'Re-save session') and it will remember it forever. 'Load last-used session' and 'Save session' will do what you want.
Leslie
[I note that this option says that it will delete ALL saved sessions, not just the current one. I don't see a way in this dialogue to delete the current session but keep the one that was present when kate started.]
- Open blank kate. Back to having a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
So that's still not right :-(
I also tried the following in an attempt to finesse the lack of an option to keep the session information that was used when kate opens.
Starting from the same original configuration:
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
Remove sidebar.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good.
Change Session configuration to: do not save. Logically, then, if I now close and re-open kate, it will open with no
sidebar, as no new session will be stored during the exit, and re-opening kate should therefore be exactly the same as in step 5.
- File | Quit. No dialogue box. Good. When this step concludes, I reckon that I
should be in exactly the same state as at the end of step 4, as no new session has been written to disk.
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Doc
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J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/22/23 13:34:
On 2023-09-19 15:38:26 you wrote:
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/18/23 23:32:
Configuration of the Sessions feature in Kate has always been confusing (at least for you and me).
If you Click on Sessions => Select Session > how many sessions do you see?
One (called "Unnamed").
In the image you posted, 'Behavior on Application Exit or Session Switch' at the bottom is set to 'Do not save session'; perhaps, though you have created a new session, your session info was not saved into it? You could change that to 'Ask user' to see if that helps.
I did that, and it changed things, although not really a help:
With "Do not save session" selected:
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
Remove sidebar.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good. But...
Type some text.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the file. I select yes, and give it a filename. Asks me whether to save the session; click "Delete".
But why did you want to delete the session which is remembering that you don't want the sidebar to be displayed?
??? I wanted to delete the new session that I was in, so that it wouldn't get written to disk, so that when I next opened kate, it would be in the same state as in state 5.
There are three session-related choices when I quit: Save, Delete, Cancel. Cancel obviously isn't right, because that cancels the attempt to quit. Save isn't right, because if I do that, the next time I open kate, it remembers the text I type in 6, and also gives me the sidebar. So "delete" was the only thing that made sense.
Feel free to tell me what I should have selected... but I've explicitly tried both Save and Delete, and neither did the right thing.
Now that you know that the session is recording that, you can change 'Ask user' to 'Save session' (it really means 'Re-save session') and it will remember it forever. 'Load last-used session' and 'Save session' will do what you want.
OK, so, going back to the initial configuration, I execute:
1. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
2. Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
3. Remove sidebar.
4. File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
5. Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good.
6. Change session configuration to "Save Session".
7. Check that session configuration says "Load last-used session". It does.
8. File | Quit Kate immediately quits, with no questions.
9. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
So at what step did I do something different from what you think I should do?
Doc
On 2023-09-22 15:05:03 you wrote:
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/22/23 13:34:
On 2023-09-19 15:38:26 you wrote:
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/18/23 23:32:
Configuration of the Sessions feature in Kate has always been confusing (at least for you and me).
If you Click on Sessions => Select Session > how many sessions do you see?
One (called "Unnamed").
In the image you posted, 'Behavior on Application Exit or Session Switch' at the bottom is set to 'Do not save session'; perhaps, though you have created a new session, your session info was not saved into it? You could change that to 'Ask user' to see if that helps.
I did that, and it changed things, although not really a help:
With "Do not save session" selected:
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
Remove sidebar.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good. But...
Type some text.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the file. I select yes, and give it a filename. Asks me whether to save the session; click "Delete".
But why did you want to delete the session which is remembering that you don't want the sidebar to be displayed?
??? I wanted to delete the new session that I was in, so that it wouldn't get written to disk, so that when I next opened kate, it would be in the same state as in state 5.
There are three session-related choices when I quit: Save, Delete, Cancel. Cancel obviously isn't right, because that cancels the attempt to quit. Save isn't right, because if I do that, the next time I open kate, it remembers the text I type in 6, and also gives me the sidebar. So "delete" was the only thing that made sense.
Feel free to tell me what I should have selected... but I've explicitly tried both Save and Delete, and neither did the right thing.
Now that you know that the session is recording that, you can change 'Ask user' to 'Save session' (it really means 'Re-save session') and it will remember it forever. 'Load last-used session' and 'Save session' will do what you want.
OK, so, going back to the initial configuration, I execute:
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Change session configuration to: "Ask user".
Remove sidebar.
File | Quit Asks me whether to save the session; click "Save".
Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good.
Change session configuration to "Save Session".
Check that session configuration says "Load last-used session". It does.
File | Quit Kate immediately quits, with no questions.
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
So at what step did I do something different from what you think I should do?
Doc
I think you have to, after removing the sidebar, set Sessions => Save As, with a new name, e.g. 'NoSidebar' before doing File => Quit. Then that will be the session loaded the next time, since you have 'Load last-used session' active when you quit.
Leslie
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J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/22/23 22:05:
I think you have to, after removing the sidebar, set Sessions => Save As, with a new name, e.g. 'NoSidebar' before doing File => Quit. Then that will be the session loaded the next time, since you have 'Load last-used session' active when you quit.
1. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
2. Remove sidebar.
3. set Sessions => Save As saves as "nosidebar"
4. File | Quit
5. Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good.
6. Type some text.
7. Save as "testfile".
8. File Quit
9. Open blank kate Side bar is present, with the word "testfile" in it. Also, the editing area isn't blank; it contains the text of testfile.
Doc
On 2023-09-26 16:24:42 you wrote:
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote on 9/22/23 22:05:
I think you have to, after removing the sidebar, set Sessions => Save As, with a new name, e.g. 'NoSidebar' before doing File => Quit. Then that will be the session loaded the next time, since you have 'Load last-used session' active when you quit.
Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
Remove sidebar.
set Sessions => Save As saves as "nosidebar"
File | Quit
Open blank kate. No sidebar. Good.
Type some text.
Save as "testfile".
File Quit
Open blank kate Side bar is present, with the word "testfile" in it. Also, the editing area isn't blank; it contains the text of
testfile.
Doc
How very strange. I'm afraid I have no more ideas about this.
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On Tuesday 19 September 2023 00:10:16 D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/14/23 14:30:
All I can advise is that AFTER closing the sidebar, MANUALLY save the session (sessions, save) close Kate, then open it again. The sidebar should remain closed.
At the "Sessions | Save" point, after closing the sidebar, I am prompted for a session name, which suggests that I will no longer have just one session.
But I gave it a name anyway. Then I closed kate. Then opened kate again. And the sidebar was still present.
BUT which session did you open?? (see below)
Doc
There is only 1 thing I can advise.
You need to read about Kate's sessions. They are in integral aspect of Kate.
Finally, open Kate, using the menu, choose the 'new' session which you named, just to check if *that* session has the sidebar showing
Good luck!
Lou
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/19/23 06:33:
On Tuesday 19 September 2023 00:10:16 D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
Lou Gogan via tde-users wrote on 9/14/23 14:30:
All I can advise is that AFTER closing the sidebar, MANUALLY save the session (sessions, save) close Kate, then open it again. The sidebar should remain closed.
At the "Sessions | Save" point, after closing the sidebar, I am prompted for a session name, which suggests that I will no longer have just one session.
But I gave it a name anyway. Then I closed kate. Then opened kate again. And the sidebar was still present.
BUT which session did you open?? (see below)
Is that a rhetorical question? If not, I don't understand what you are asking. There is only one session (the unnamed session), so that must be the session that is opened.
If I execute "Sessions | Save As" and create a named session, then exit and restart, there is still only the "Unnamed" session in the "Sessions | Select session" list.
There is only 1 thing I can advise.
You need to read about Kate's sessions. They are in integral aspect of Kate.
Where do I do that? I've tried (and tried), and can't find anything that is complete, unambiguous and correct.
Finally, open Kate, using the menu, choose the 'new' session which you named, just to check if *that* session has the sidebar showing
I can't choose the new session; the only session in the "select sessions" list is still the "Unnamed" session.
In other words:
1. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
2. Remove sidebar.
3. Save session, giving it the name "Fred".
4. File | Quit.
5. Open blank kate. This has a sidebar with "Untitled" in it.
6. Look at "Sessions | Select session" There is only one entry, called "Unnamed"
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