Editing Kate (text editor) (section)

==History==
[[File:Kate the Cyber Woodpecker mascot 2021.png|thumb|left|upright|"Kate the Cyber Woodpecker" is the current mascot of Kate editor, designed by [[Tyson Tan]] in 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kate-editor.org/post/2021/2021-04-28-lets-welcome-kate-the-cyber-woodpecker/|title=Let's welcome Kate the Cyber Woodpecker|date=2021-04-28|website=Kate|access-date=2021-04-29}}</ref> and replacing the earlier version designed in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kate-editor.org/2014/10/12/kates-mascot-kate-the-woodpecker/|title=Kate's Mascotthe Woodpecker|date=2014-10-12|website=Kate {{!}} Get an Edge in Editing|access-date=2017-07-20}}</ref>]]
Kate has been part of the KDE Software Compilation since [[K Desktop Environment 2|release 2.2]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog2_1to2_2.php |title=2.1 to 2.2 Changelog |website=KDE.org |access-date=2015-07-02}}</ref> Because of [[KParts]] technology, it is possible to embed Kate as an editing component in other KDE applications. Major [[list of KDE applications|KDE applications]] which use Kate as an editing component include the [[integrated development environment]] [[KDevelop]], the web development environment Quanta Plus, and the LaTeX front-end [[Kile]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Kate has won the advanced text editor comparison in ''[[Linux Voice]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linuxvoice.com/issue-2-is-out/ |title=Issue 2 is Out! |website=LinuxVoice.com |access-date=2015-07-02 |archive-date=2015-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703184555/http://www.linuxvoice.com/issue-2-is-out/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{As of|2014|07}}, development had started to port Kate, along with [[Dolphin (file manager)|Dolphin]], [[Konsole]], [[KDE Telepathy]], and [[Yakuake]], to [[KDE Frameworks 5]].<ref>
{{cite web |url= http://www.golem.de/news/unix-desktop-kde-sc-4-14-wird-4er-reihe-abschliessen-1407-107792.html |title= KDE SC 4.14 wird 4er-Reihe abschließen|website= Golem.de |language= de |date= 2014-07-10}}</ref>

In 2022, the KDE text-editor [[KWrite]] was modified to use the same code base as Kate with deactivated features.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Larabel |first1=Michael |title=KDE Starts April With Many Fixes, KWrite Internally Using The Same Code As Kate |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-Starts-April-2022 |website=www.phoronix.com |publisher=Phoronix Media |access-date=15 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>