Bug 292118

Summary:	help char is undocumented
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj>
Component:	kwrite	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	jowenn, tchollingsworth
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/katepart/advanced-editing-tools-commandline.html#advanced-editing-tools-commandline-commands
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Description Christopher Yeleighton 2012-01-21 16:04:05 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.7.2) 
OS:                Linux

The only way to insert a control character ^L is to say ‘F7 "char 12"’.  However, the command to achieve this remarkable feat is undocumented.  (Note that the concept of the extended command line is barely mentioned in the handbook for KWrite).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
  1. F7 "help char"

Actual Results:  
  1. No help for ‘char’

Expected Results:  
  1. This command allows you to insert literal characters by their numerical identifier, in decimal, octal or hexadecimal form.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 3.1.0-1.2-desktop
Compiler: gcc

Comment 1 T.C. Hollingsworth 2012-02-19 15:31:26 UTC

Updating the in-program help for the command line is on my TODO list for 4.9.

In the meantime, the manual should be fully up-to-date:
http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kde-baseapps/kate/advanced-editing-tools-commandline.html

Comment 2 Joseph Wenninger 2012-10-27 13:04:03 UTC

CoreCommands, date and char support have now texts that are shown if the help command is invoked

Texts are based on http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kde-baseapps/kate/advanced-editing-tools-commandline.html