Opening in Kate

[Nigel Ridley]

Jerry Lapham wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 May 2009 5:09:24 am Nigel Ridley wrote:
> 
>> Jerry Lapham wrote:
>>> In Kubuntu 8.04/KDE 3.5.10 when you click on a file to open it in Kate,
>>> it appears in an already open Kate session if there is one.  In Kubuntu
>>> 9.04/KDE 4.4.2 it always opens a new session.  How do you get it to act
>>> like 3.5.10?
>>>
>>> 	-Jerry
>> Quote from a previous thread:
>>
>> I don't know if you running KDE 3 or 4 but in Intrepid and KDE 4 i
>> start System settings->Advanced tab->File bindings. In the treeview
>> select text and then fore every filetype that has Kate as an option of
>> program to the right, select the kate option and click edit, in the
>> dialog that opens select the Program tab and change the Command from
>> kate %U to kate --use %U.
>> This is untested but i think it should work.
> 
> Yes, it does work.  Thanks.  Something peculiar, though.  Although the file 
> opens in the existing Kate, I get a pop-up box saying "KDEInit could not 
> launch '/usr/bin/kate'".  I can just click OK with apparently no harm done but 
> it sure seems strange.

Yes, it happens here as well.
I'm still waiting for KDE 4.x.x to mature.......

Blessings,

Nigel

> 
> 	-Jerry
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> Jerry Lapham
> Monroe, OH  45050
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