Kate Plugins

Information

These are Pate plugins for Kate editor. Plugins to make coding easier in Python, Django and JavaScript

Requirements

• Kate

• Extra dependencies for extra and super nice features. Optional, but very recomended :)

  • pysmell
  • pyplete
  • pyflakes
  • simplejson
  • pyjslint (it requires NodeJS, read the pyjslint readme)

Installation

• Install Kate from sources
• Install optional requirements:

# Kate plugins has been tested with these versions but is very probably that works with later versions
pip install pysmell==0.7.3 pyplete==0.0.2 pep8==0.6.1 pyflakes==0.5.0 pyjslint==0.3.3 simplejson==2.6.1

• Install Kate-plugins:

pip install Kate-plugins
ln -s /PATH/OF/THE/EGG/kate_plugins/ $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/apps/kate/pate

Or

cd ~/build
git clone https://github.com/goinnn/Kate-plugins
ln -s ~/build/Kate-plugins/kate_plugins/ $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/apps/kate/pate

• Startup Kate and enable "Python Plugins" in: Settings > Configure Kate > Plugins

You should now see three additional menu items: "Python", "Javascript", and "XML". You can change the menu configuration of easy way change the settings

Plugins

Autocomplete (python)

• Shortcut: It is automatical
• from and import instruction
• autocomplete into the code (beta) with pysmell
• There was a hook if you want to add your own packages python in the autocomplete structure. You should be create a file called "autocomplete_path.py" next to the "autocomplete.py" with a function "def path(session, doc, view)", like this:

def path(session, doc, view):
    if session == 'session1'
       return ['/PATH/OF/THE/EGG1/name1.egg',
               '/PATH/OF/THE/PACKAGE1/',
               ...
               '/PATH/OF/THE/EGGN/namen.egg']
    elif session == 'session2':
       return ['/PATH/OF/THE/EGG2/name2.egg',
               '/PATH/OF/THE/PACKAGE2/',
               ...
               '/PATH/OF/THE/EGGN/namem.egg']
     else:
       return ['/PATH/OF/THE/EGG2/name3.egg',
               '/PATH/OF/THE/PACKAGE3/',
               ...
               '/PATH/OF/THE/EGGN/namel.egg']

insert IPDB (python)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+I
• Insert the text "import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()"

insert __init__ (python)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+-
• Smart insert a function __init__

insert super (python)

• Shortcut: Alt+-
• Smart insert a call to super of the function

insert call recursive (python)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+-
• Smart insert a call to the current function recursively

PEP8 (python)

• Shortcut: Alt+8
• Use PEP8 to look for ugly code, highlights lines with problems
• It uses pep8 so it must be present in the system

PyFlakes (python)

• Shortcut: Alt+7
• Use PyFlakes to look for bad code, highlights lines with problems
• It uses pyflakes so it must be present in the system

Parse syntax (python)

• Shortcut: Alt+6 or when you save the file
• Parse syntax this file and show a error list, or a dialog say "OK"

Check All (python/javascript)

• Shortcut: Alt+5
• Check pep8, pyflakes, parse syntax and jslint

Template Django urls (django)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+7
• Smart template of the file urls.py

Template import views (django)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+V
• Insert the tipical imports in a view

Create Django form (django)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+F
• Template to form class

Create Django model (django)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+M
• Template to model class

Close Template tag (django)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+C
• Close the last open templatetag (block, if, for, etc)

Template block (django)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+B
• Insert a struncture like this: {% block content %}XXX{% endblock %} or {% if x > 3 %} {% endif %}

Autocomplete static to javascript (javascript)

• Shortcut: It is automatical

Autocomplete static to jQuery (javascript)

• Shortcut: It is automatical

jQuery ready (javascript)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+J
• Template jQuery ready

Pretty JSON (javascript)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+J
• Convert a horrible json in a pretty JSON :-)

JSLint (javascript)

• Shortcut: Alt+9
• Use JSLint to look for errors and bad code, highlights lines with problems
• It uses pyjslint so it must be present in the system (and working!)

Pretty XML (xhtml)

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+X
• Convert a horrible xml in a pretty XML :-)

Future Plugins

• Clean code (core)
• Improve autocompletes plugins (core)
• Template tags autocomplete (django)
• Integration with rope (python)

Other repositories of Plugins to Kate

• http://github.com/mtorromeo/kate-plugin-zencoding (Very recomended)
• https://github.com/pag/pate/tree/master/src/plugins
• https://github.com/emyller/pate-plugins
• https://github.com/zaufi/kate-pate-plugins