Kate (text editor) facts for kids
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Kate, as it appears in KDE 4
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| Original author(s) | Anders Lund Joseph Wenninger Joseph Wenninger Michael McCallum |
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| Initial release | August 15, 2002 |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| License | GNU LGPL |
Kate is a text editor for the KDE desktop environment. The name is an acronym for "KDE Advanced Text Editor." It was first put in the KDE 2.2 release, on August 15, 2002.
Features
The "advanced text editor" part of its name refers to its many abilities. It can do many more things than a simpler text editor, like Notepad, but it does not have some of the important features of a word processor (compare it with KWord). Some important features of Kate include a checker for proper spelling, a thesaurus, and highlighting of computer programming code.
Images for kids
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"Kate the Cyber Woodpecker" is the current mascot of Kate editor, designed by Tyson Tan in 2021 and replacing the earlier version designed in 2014.
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