KWrite

KWrite
[[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]]	KDE (Christoph Cullmann, Anders Lund, Joseph Wenninger, Hamish Rodda, et al.)
Template:Infobox software/simple
Written in	C++
Engine	Template:Wikidata Template:EditAtWikidata
Operating system	Linux
Type	Text editor
License	LGPL
Website	apps.kde.org/kwrite/
Repository	invent.kde.org/utilities/kate

A screenshot illustrating block selection mode

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

See also

• Kate
• Comparison of text editors

External links

• Homepage of KWrite
• KWrite user wiki
• Handbook
• Repositories:
  • Kate/KWrite: Phabricator, cgit and GitHub (mirror)
  • KTextEditor framework: Phabricator, cgit and GitHub (mirror)
  • KSyntaxHighlighting framework: Phabricator, cgit and GitHub (mirror)
• Bug tracking: in Kate/KWrite, in KTextEditor framework and in KSyntaxHighlighting framework