KWrite

KWrite 4.3
Developed by	Christoph Cullman, Anders Lund, Joseph Wenninger, Hamish Rodda, et al.
OS	Cross-platform
Type	Text editor
License	LGPL
Website	kate-editor.org

A screenshot illustrating block selection mode

KWrite is a lightweight text editor for the K Desktop Environment (KDE).

Features

• export to HTML, PDF, PostScript
• Block selection mode (see screenshot)
• Code folding
• Bookmarks
• Syntax highlighting
• Encoding selection
• End-of-line mode selection (Unix, Windows, Macintosh)
• Word completion

KParts technology

In KDE 2.x, KWrite didn't use KParts technology, which allows embedding one application into another. Then, KWrite was rewritten to use this technology. It allows the user to choose, for example, Vim to be embedded into KWrite^{citation needed}. Other options include Qt Designer based text editor and KDE advanced text editor (KATE). The latter is the default option, and makes use of Kate text editor.

Location of KWrite

KWrite is a part of kdebase package. Recently, it has been merged with Kate, and as such, its source code is located in the kate/ directory.

External links

Free software portal

• Homepage of KWrite
• Handbook