Kate Plugin Development

Develop C++ plugins for Kate text editor using KTextEditor interface.

Overview

Kate (KDE Advanced Text Editor) is a powerful programmable editor. Plugins extend functionality through C++ using the KTextEditor framework.

Note: PyKDE6 does not exist. Kate plugins are developed in C++ using the native KTextEditor API.

Plugin Types

• KTextEditor Plugins - C++ plugins using KTextEditor interface (primary method)
• LSP Plugins - Language Server Protocol clients
• Python Scripts - Limited scripting via console (not full plugins)

Plugin Locations