#525877 Many plugins not visible in list of available plugins

#525877#5
Date:
2009-04-27 16:18:37 UTC
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To:
Many of the kate plugins are not visible in the list of plugins availabe
(as shown in settings->Configure Kate->Plugins). For example, none of
the HTML or XML tools that I saw in previous verions of Kate, and are
still listed in the kde-plugins package, seem to be available.

I can not recall their names, although I've been using them for some
time, but for example the plugin that let me auto-complete an XML
element (</foo> if <foo> has been entered and not previously closed),
is no longer visible.

#525877#12
Date:
2010-04-17 13:01:14 UTC
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To:
tags 525877 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi,

you reported http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525877 some time
ago. Since then, KDE Software Compilation had several releases. Can you please
verify whether the bug you reported is still present in a more current version
(and - if yes - specify which version)?

Eckhart

#525877#15
Date:
2010-04-17 13:01:14 UTC
From:
To:
tags 525877 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi,

you reported http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525877 some time
ago. Since then, KDE Software Compilation had several releases. Can you please
verify whether the bug you reported is still present in a more current version
(and - if yes - specify which version)?

Eckhart

#525877#20
Date:
2010-05-05 14:41:22 UTC
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Not all plugins are visible.

The plugins in the release I am currently using, 4:3.5.9-2, seem to work
better: the plugins that are visible remain both enabled and properly
configured between logins. (In previous iterations, the plugins would
not remain enabled, and if re-enabled, e.g., tab bar, the configuration
would vanish.)

Having said that, I notice that some plugins are still not visible. The
"XML Validation" plugin is visible, but the "xmltools" plugin is not
visible. That's the one I'm particularly interested in...

My apologies for the slow response to your request. My current config is
below. I also have a new bug related to kate, 580355; the thought
crosses my mind that the Filesystem Browser interacts poorly with Kate
and causes the problem I report there, but even when that plugin is
disabled I still have problems.

Also, I bring to your attention that "reportbug kate" does not list
plugins, as you will notice in the output below.

#525877#25
Date:
2010-05-10 18:18:13 UTC
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To:
It seems that I spoke too soon.

After a reboot, performed with Kate open, when I restart Kate all
plugins are de-selected and after I re-select them, I have to completely
reconfigure the Tabs plugin.

At a guess, a reboot or crash somehow wipes the slate clean.

* If I quit and restart, Kate retains the plugin correctly configured.
* If I pkill kate, it comes back with the plugins correctly configured.

Gnome-panel quit before my last reboot -- perhaps that's the clue?