Fun With Creating Kate Plugins Using KDevelop

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To use KDevelop Kate Plugin Templates:
-> Create a project using the respective Kate Plugin template as normal.
-> After the build, change line 6 in the created *.desktop file (in your "src" folder)

Old:
X-Kate-Version=2.2

New (working):
X-Kate-Version=2.5

I never knew the *.desktop file only installed the plugin for the target Kate version.

The story:
During my first attempt at creating a C++ Kate Plugin (used Python [Pate] prior), I noticed KDevelop had a project template for it! It was great all the way up until the 'make install'. Then I noticed my plugin was showing up. Well after about 20mins of following make install paths... I started comparing rc files, with those plugins that were working. Everything looked fine. Then I noticed the lonely *.desktop file, and wow it was the culprit. "Kate Version", must be set to 2.5 (or whatever version you are using).

Now on to creating some plugins for the Kate community!

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