Bug 342321

Summary:	Kate autoindents after setting Tools>Indentation = 'None'
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-ktexteditor	Reporter:	xlovitt
Component:	indentation	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph, egorov, mel
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description xlovitt 2014-12-30 00:19:15 UTC

Happens after restarting or while using Kate.  When editing C source files, Kate>Tools>Indentation pops into 'C Style' mode after setting it to 'None'.   Kate>Settings>Configure_Kate...>Editing>Indentation(tab)>Default indentation mode: = 'None'.

Some system info:

OS (recent upgrade)   =  OpenSuse 13.1
kernel (uname -r)        =  3.11.10-25-desktop
KDE platform Version  =  4.11.5
Kate Version                =  3.11.5

Comment 1 Boris Egorov 2015-01-10 13:17:25 UTC

I'm not sure it is a bug. If you open 'whatsThis' of Indentation tab, you'll see: "This is a list of available indentation modes. The specified indentation mode will be used for all new documents. Be aware that it is also possible to set the indentation mode with document variables, modes or a .kateconfig file."

So, it really works for new files. If you save a file with .c extension, kate understands it is a C source file and sets indentation to 'C Style'. You can set needed behavior to C filetypes in: Settings->Configure_Kate->Open/Save->Modes & Filetypes
Filetype: Sources/C
Indentation Mode: None (or Default, if you set it to None).

Comment 2 xlovitt 2015-01-14 05:17:02 UTC

Thanks for your reply. I had already tried your suggestions by the time the complaint was sent to you, but the problem persisted, so Kate was uninstalled from the system. I've had several updates to my distro (UBUNTU 14.04), including several KDE updates. After receiving your email, I installed Kate and found that the indentation problem was gone. Thanks for all your good work.

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On Sat, 1/10/15, Boris Egorov <egorov@linux.com> wrote:

Subject: [kate] [Bug 342321] Kate autoindents after setting Tools>Indentation = 'None'
To: xlovitt@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2015, 8:17 AM

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342321

Boris Egorov <egorov@linux.com>
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--- Comment #1 from Boris Egorov <egorov@linux.com>
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I'm not sure it is a bug. If you open 'whatsThis' of
Indentation tab, you'll
see: "This is a list of available indentation modes. The
specified indentation
mode will be used for all new documents. Be aware that it is
also possible to
set the indentation mode with document variables, modes or a
.kateconfig file."

So, it really works for new files. If you save a file with
.c extension, kate
understands it is a C source file and sets indentation to 'C
Style'. You can
set needed behavior to C filetypes in:
Settings->Configure_Kate->Open/Save->Modes &
Filetypes
Filetype: Sources/C
Indentation Mode: None (or Default, if you set it to None).

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Comment 3 xlovitt 2015-01-18 17:21:07 UTC

Boris, My mistake on my last reply to you .. I was confusing the Kate on another Ubuntu machine with this Opensuse model.
The indentation persistence issue still exists in the Opensuse computer running KDE desktop.

Is 'what'sThis' the '?' button of the Indentation tab? I'm assuming that "Indentation tab" is:
Kate: Settings: Configure Kate: Editing: Indentation <tab>

If so, then clicking that button and then the 'Default indentation mode' select gives:

"This is a list of available indentation modes.
The specified indentation mode will be used for
all new documents. Be aware that it is also
possible to set the indentation mode with
document variables, modes, or a .kateconfig
file."

I tried to change all '.kateconfig' files that seemed to be referenced in the Kate help screens with no effect.
I tried to change all modes relating to indentation with no effect.
I was able to defeat the autoindentation with the following document variable string located on the
first line of source code files:

'// kate: replace-tabs on; indent-width 2; indent-mode cstyle;'

Any comments as to why the .kateconfig files have no apparent effect on global indentation settings?