KWrite

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KWrite

Developer(s)	KDE (Christoph Cullmann, Anders Lund, Joseph Wenninger, Hamish Rodda, et al.)
Stable release	21.12.0[1]  / 9 December 2021
Repository	invent.kde.org/utilities/kate
Written in	C++
Operating system	Linux
Type	Text editor
License	LGPL
Website	apps.kde.org/tr/kwrite/

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.

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[]

• Comparison of text editors
• Kate

References[]

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