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Kate variables is katepart's implementation of document variables, similar
to emacs and vi modelines. In katepart, the lines have the following format:
kate: VARIABLENAME VALUE; [ VARIABLENAME VALUE; ... ]
The lines can of course be in a comment, if the file is in a format with comments.
Variable names are single words (no whitespace), and anything up to the next
semicolon is the value. The semicolon is required.
Here is an example variable line, forcing indentation settings for a C++, java or javascript file:
// kate: replace-tabs on; indent-width 4; indent-mode cstyle;
Only the first and last 10 lines are searched for variable lines.
Additionally, document variables can be placed in a file called
.kateconfig in any directory, and the configured settings will
be applied as if the modelines were entered on every file in the directory and its
subdirectories, as far down as the
configured search depth.
Document variables in .kateconfig use the same syntax as
in modelines.
There are variables to support almost all configurations in katepart, and additionally plugins can use variables, in which case it should be documented in the plugin's documentation.
When reading configuration, katepart looks in the following places (in that order):
The global configuration.
Optional session data.
The "Filetype" configuration.
Document variables in .kateconfig.
Document variables in the document itself.
Settings made during editing from menu or command line.
As you see, document variables are only overriden by changes made at runtime. Whenever a document is saved, the document variables are reread, and will overwrite changes made using menu items or the command line.
Any variable not listed below is stored in the document and can be queried by other objects such as plugins, which can use them for their own purpose. For example, the variable indent mode uses document variables for its configuration.
The variables listed here documents Kate version 3.7. More variables may be added in the future. There are 3 possible types of values for variables, with the following valid expressions:
BOOL - on|off|true|false|1|0
INTEGER - any integer number
STRING - anything else
auto-center-lines [INT]
Set the number of autocenter lines.
auto-insert-doxygen [BOOL]
Turn insertion of the leading asterisk in doxygen comments on or off. This has no effect unless you use the C-style auto-indenter.
background-color [STRING]
Set the document background color. The value must be something
that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example #ff0000.
backspace-indents [BOOL]
Enable or disable unindenting when Backspace is pressed.
block-selection [BOOL]
Turn block selection on or off.
bom | byte-order-marker [BOOL]
Enable/disable the byte order marker when saving files in unicode format (utf8, utf16, utf32).
Since: Kate 3.4 (KDE 4.4)
encoding [STRING]
Set the encoding used for loading or saving the file.
As the variables in the document will be read after loading, this impacts only the saving.
If you place it in a .kateconfig file, it will have an effect for the loading, too.
Since: Kate 3.10 (KDE 4.10)
bracket-highlight-color [STRING]
Set the color for the bracket highlight. The value must be
something that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example #ff0000.
current-line-color [STRING]
Set the color for the current line. The value must be
something that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example #ff0000
default-dictionary [STRING]
Sets the default dictionary used for spell checking.
Since: Kate 3.4 (KDE 4.4)
dynamic-word-wrap [BOOL]
Turns dynamic word wrap on or off.
eol | end-of-line [STRING]
Set the end of line mode. Valid settings are
unix, mac and dos
folding-markers [BOOL]
Set the display of folding markers on or off.
font-size [INT]
Set the point size of the document font.
font [STRING]
Set the font of the document. The value should be a valid font
name, for example courier.
hl | syntax [STRING]
Set the syntax highlighting. Valid strings are all the names available
in the menus. For instance, for C++ simply write C++.
icon-bar-color [STRING]
Set the icon bar color. The value must be something that can
be evaluated to a valid color, for example #ff0000.
icon-border [BOOL]
Set the display of the icon border on or off.
indent-mode [STRING]
Set the auto-indentation mode. The options none,
normal, cstyle, haskell,
lilypond, lisp, python,
ruby and xml are recognized. See the section
the section called “Using automatic indenting ” for details.
indent-pasted-text [BOOL]
Enable/disable adjusting indentation of text pasted from the clipboard.
Since: Kate 3.11 (KDE 4.11)
indent-width [INT]
Set the indentation width.
keep-extra-spaces [BOOL]
Set whether to keep extra spaces when calculating indentation width.
line-numbers [BOOL]
Set the display of line numbers on or off.
mixed-indent [BOOL]
Set mixed indentation ala Emacs on or off.
Note: Deprecated since Kate 3 in KDE4. This variable is ignored, set replace-tabs on; instead for the future.
newline-at-eof [BOOL]
Add an empty line at the end of the file (EOF) when saving the document.
Since: Kate 3.9 (KDE 4.9)
overwrite-mode [BOOL]
Set overwrite mode on or off.
persistent-selection [BOOL]
Set persistent selection on or off.
remove-trailing-space [BOOL]
Set dynamic end of line cleanup on or off.
Note: Deprecated since KDE 4.10. Please use remove-trailing-spaces with the desired choice instead.
remove-trailing-spaces [STRING]
Removes trailing spaces when saving the document. Valid options are:
none, - or 0: never remove trailing spaces.
modified, mod, + or 1: remove trailing spaces only in
modified lines. The modified lines are marked by the line modification system.
all, * or 2: remove trailing spaces in the entire document.
Since: KDE 4.10. This deprecates the options remove-trailing-space and replace-trailing-space-save.
replace-tabs-save [BOOL]
Set tab to space conversion on save on or off.
replace-tabs [BOOL]
Set dynamic tab to space conversion on or off.
replace-trailing-space-save [BOOL]
Set end of line cleanup on save on or off.
Note: Deprecated since KDE 4.10. Please use remove-trailing-spaces with the desired choice instead.
scheme [STRING]
Set the color scheme. The string must be the name of a color scheme that exists in your configuration to have any effect.
selection-color [STRING]
Set the selection color. The value must be something that can
be evaluated to a valid color, for example #ff0000.
show-tabs [BOOL]
Set the visual tab character on or off.
smart-home [BOOL]
Set smart home navigation on or off.
space-indent [BOOL]
Set indentation with spaces on or off.
Note: Deprecated since Kate 3 in KDE4. Mixed indentation is the default behavior. Set replace-tabs on; to achieve space-only indentation.
tab-indents [BOOL]
Set Tab key indentation on or off.
tab-width [INT]
Set the tab character display width.
undo-steps [INT]
Set the number of undo steps to remember.
Note: Deprecated since Kate 3 in KDE4. This variable is ignored. The maximal count of undo steps is unlimited.
word-wrap-column [INT]
Set the static word wrap width.
word-wrap-marker-color [STRING]
Set the word wrap marker color. The value must be something
that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example #ff0000.
word-wrap [BOOL]
Set static word wrapping on or off.
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