Hello! Happy New Year!
EndeavourOS with kate v 24.12.0-1 , recently (last 2-4 weeks?) can no longer use “export matches” in the “find in files” tool. I really like using this and I don’t know any good replacement. Ideas of what the cause/solution could be?
An older version is functioning as expected on my Debian machine.
I included all the details but if you are framiliar with the tool the screenshot should be sufficient.
After I made the post with a few screenshots and links I got an error saying I can only have 1 screenshot and 0 links due to being a new user. So I had to remove links. And I smooshed 3 screenshots into 1, I hope it makes sense.
mega screenshot
Problem
detailed steps
steps
- create a fresh user account in linux to rule out any issue with configuration; switch xfce4 user to new user
- open kate, create a text file with some text (I select-alled The Kate Handbook index page)
- enable the plugin “Search & Replace”
Edit>Find in files- toggle regex button (
{}) to ON - create a search query:
kate - click
Searchbutton - right-click the top of the results list like “16 matches (16 checked) found in current file”
- select
Export matches
See mega screenshot - Part A
- opens a dialogue with a text input field where you can put the regex replacement string
- in the text entry field at the top, enter
\0to use the entire match - click
Generate
what happens
Expected: The “Result” box below text entry field should populate with hits
Actual: Nothing. No changes in the result box.
See mega screenshot - Part B
troubleshooting
tried:
- different queries
- different replacement strings
- different files
- toggling options
- reboot
- system fully updated/upgraded
- reinstalled Kate
- check
OutputandDiagnosticstools at the bottom — nothing there - no other signs of trouble are found
was unable to find anyone else with similar problems:
- search kate bug tracker
- read kate documentation
- wasn’t able to find a separate repo/tracker for the plugin
- search this forum
- search the web
application details
Installed package is extra/kate. (Link removed due to new user not being allowed to include them.)
pacman -Qi kate
pacman -Qi kate
Name : kate
Version : 24.12.0-1
Description : Advanced text editor
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://apps.kde.org/kate/
Licenses : GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.0-or-later
Groups : kde-applications kde-utilities
Provides : kwrite
Depends On : gcc-libs glibc kbookmarks kcolorscheme kcompletion
kconfig kconfigwidgets kcoreaddons kcrash kdbusaddons
kguiaddons ki18n kiconthemes kio knewstuff kparts
kservice ktexteditor kuserfeedback kwidgetsaddons
kwindowsystem kxmlgui qt6-base syntax-highlighting
Optional Deps : clang: C and C++ LSP support [installed]
git: git-blame plugin [installed]
konsole: open a terminal in Kate [installed]
python-lsp-server: Python LSP support
qt6-declarative: RBQL plugin [installed]
qtkeychain-qt6: SQL plugin [installed]
rust: Rust LSP support [installed]
texlab: LaTeX LSP support
Required By : None
Optional For : kdevelop
Conflicts With : kwrite
Replaces : kwrite
Installed Size : 33.41 MiB
Packager : Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
Build Date : Mon 09 Dec 2024 12:08:56 PM
Install Date : Thu 02 Jan 2025 04:52:25 AM
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature
plugin
I do not find anywhere in the application where the plugin has separate version information.
As a new user I am not allowed to post a link but I think the relevant section of Kate documentation would be stable5/en/kate/kate/kate-application-plugin-searchinfiles.html. However the “export matches” doesn’t seem to be mentioned.
working as expected on another computer
It works properly on Debian 12 running Kate v 22.12.3. This is same text, query and match string as above.
See mega screenshot - Part C
Appreciate any ideas!
