Open a file in new instance if all existing windows are on another virtual desktops

I often find myself manually starting a new kate instance to drag a text file into it because otherwise it would find the last used instance on another virtual desktop, switch to it and open the file in a new tab there.

That’s a bug in Kate.

Kate would need a similar fix as was tried for dolphin:

Feel free to report the bug to bugs.kde.org.

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aaah, right as I arrived here from the bug tracker considering this a mere quirk
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filed the bug here

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