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If you need to work file based and not project or directory based then you should probably be using Kwrite, which literary is a stripped down version of Kate specifically for this purpose.

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Which shows how far ahead KDE was even in 3.5 times with reusable embeddable components that were highly engineered. For example Konqueror has a long list of plugins including calling kwrite to render inside of it. The early kio tooling that predates fuse in having universal access through a single file viewer.

Was that what they called KParts? Terminal, file browser, text editor, more, all easy to embed and build an application around?

Yep. Still current I think.

Yes exactly! I forgot to mention dcop a message passing forerunner to dbus as well as arts the forerunner to pulsaudioe

dcop was better. easy to use and accessible for non developer. I scripted so many dcop bash scripts. I never connected with dbus.

And it seems konqueror is the only browser today that can split a tab into multiple panes! I used this a lot in 3.5 times. It still works, just need to file another bug report for sane dnd behavior..

Vivaldi does this if I recall correctly

It does indeed

KHTML also led to WebKit then Blink.

And it is so frustrating to see how unknown and neglected KParts is

In what way is it neglected? It works, no need for pointless churn.

Also while it might not be known to users (why would it need to be), it is used in various KDE programs where it makes sense.

I absolutely love KWrite to do something in a pinch!

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