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kdesdk-kde4 package

dolphin opens different kates for different files

Bug #205937 reported by Massa
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KDE Base
Invalid
Wishlist
kde4libs (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned
kdesdk-kde4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

[Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Beta KDE 4]

Guys,

every time i open a TXT, PHP or other text file, dolphin opens a new Kate instance. Since Kate supports multiple files (on the contrary of kwrite), it should be opened on the same window.

Its the standard behavior in all previous versions of Kubuntu.

regards,

massa

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

Thanks for submitting this report and helping to make Ubuntu better.

I can confirm this behaviour on hardy BETA (KDE 4.0.2)

Changed in kdesdk-kde4:
assignee: nobody → txwikinger
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in kdebase-kde4:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in kde4libs:
assignee: txwikinger → nobody
status: Confirmed → New
Ralph Janke (txwikinger)
Changed in kdebase-kde4:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in kde4libs:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in kdebase:
status: Unknown → New
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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

The requested behaviour is not KDE standard behaviour. However, it can be achieved by making the command for kate 'kate --use', which will cause kate to open new files in the first existing instance.

Harald Sitter (apachelogger)
Changed in kde4libs:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in kdebase-kde4:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in kdebase:
status: New → Invalid
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kdesdk-kde4 - 4:4.0.3-0ubuntu3

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kdesdk-kde4 (4:4.0.3-0ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low

  * Add kubuntu_01_kate_desktop.patch
    - reuse an existing Kate session instead of starting a new one (LP: #205937)

 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:39:45 +0200

Changed in kdesdk-kde4:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Peter (peterroots) wrote :

It may have been fixed in hardy but it is doing it in Jaunty (I have all the latest updates as of today)
going into the systems setting, file associations it is possible to edit the entries for kate from kate %U to kate -u %U. This is rather time consuming and although it results in each file being opened in a single insidence of kate (like it has ever since I have been using Kubuntu, 3 or more years) it also results in a dialogue pop up saying could not run /usr/bin/kate

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Changed in kdebase:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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