Kate Text Editor

Overview

Kate text editor is a feature-packed text editor with several features. Kate is a free and cross-platform text editor. It supports

Linux
Windows
macOS

Kate is an advanced text editor for KDE-based desktop environments on Linux systems.

Kate Features

Kate is a multi-document text editor. We can view, edit multiple documents at the same time.

We can use the software to view source files, edit project configuration files, write new applications, or do any other text editing task.

Syntax Highlight

It supports on-the-fly spell checking, code indentation, line numbers, and syntax highlighting for many programming languages.

Kate supports highlighting for many languages making it easier to read code.

C++ syntax highlight using the Kate editor.

Plugin Support

Kate supports many plugins to extend and support the functionality of the text editor.

KDE

KDE(K Desktop Environment) is a free and open-source desktop environment also known as the Plasma desktop environment for Linux systems. It is also a community of people who are committed to developing free Software applications. The KDE community develops and maintains the KDE applications which run on any Linux desktop, and other operating system platforms.

Install on Linux

Kate comes pre-installed with a Linux distribution that supports KDE software. The most popular Linux distributions that support KDE/Plasma desktop environment are listed here:

https://kde.org/distributions/