KWrite

Text editor for KDE desktop environment

KWrite


Developer(s)	KDE (Christoph Cullmann, Anders Lund, Joseph Wenninger, Hamish Rodda, et al.)

Stable release	24.02^[1] / 28 February 2024

Repository	invent.kde.org/utilities/kate
Written in	C++
Operating system	Linux
Type	Text editor
License	LGPL
Website	apps.kde.org/kwrite/

KWrite is a lightweight text editor developed by the KDE free software community. Since K Desktop Environment 3, Kwrite has been based on the Kate text editor and the KParts framework, allowing it to use many of Kate's features.

KParts technology

In KDE 2.x, KWrite did not use the KParts technology, which allows you to include one application in another. Later, KWrite was rewritten using this technology. For example, it allows the user to select Vim to be included in KWrite. Other features include a text editor based on Qt (Qt Designer based text editor) and advanced text editing in KDE (KDE advanced text editor - KATE). The latter is the standard option and is used by the KATE text editor.

Features

Export to HTML, PDF, or PostScript formats
Block selection mode (see screenshot)
Code folding
Bookmarks
Syntax highlighting
Encoding selection
End-of-line mode selection (Unix, Windows, classic Mac OS)
Word completion
Supports Plugins
Supports Vi input mode

References

^ "Releases: 24.02". Retrieved 12 March 2024.

External links

Homepage of KWrite
KWrite user wiki
Handbook
Repositories:
- Kate/KWrite: Phabricator, cgit Archived 2019-06-16 at the Wayback Machine and GitHub (mirror)
- KTextEditor framework: Phabricator, cgit Archived 2019-02-02 at the Wayback Machine and GitHub (mirror)
- KSyntaxHighlighting framework: Phabricator, cgit Archived 2019-01-31 at the Wayback Machine and GitHub (mirror)
Bug tracking: in Kate/KWrite, in KTextEditor framework and in KSyntaxHighlighting framework

KDE

Software
compilation

Applications
by KDE

Development	Cervisia KDevelop KImageMapEditor Umbrello
Education	Cantor GCompris KAlgebra Kanagram KBibTeX KGeography KHangMan Kig Kiten KLettres KmPlot KStars KTouch KTurtle KWordQuiz LabPlot Marble RKWard Step
Graphics	digiKam Gwenview Karbon KColorEdit KolourPaint KPhotoAlbum Krita Spectacle Skanlite
Internet	Angelfish Falkon KGet Konqueror Kontact Konversation Kopete KTorrent
Multimedia	Amarok Dragon Player JuK K3b Kaffeine Kdenlive
Office	Okular Calligra Suite Words Sheets Stage Flow Karbon Kexi Plan Kile KMyMoney Kontact KPilot Tellico Trojitá
System	Discover Dolphin KDE Partition Manager KDE System Guard KInfoCenter Konsole Yakuake
Utilities	Ark Filelight KAlarm Kate KCalc KGPG Klipper Krusader KRename KWallet KWrite KDE Connect

Platform

User interface

Current	KDE Plasma 6 KDE Plasma 5 KWin Plasma Mobile Plasma Bigscreen
Discontinued	KDesktop Kicker SuperKaramba KDE Plasma 4 KSnapshot Oxygen Project Crystal Project