Bug 470672

Summary:	Attempt to run external tool on freshly created and unsaved file fails because no file provided to said tool
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	mikhaeldanilov <mikhael.danilov>
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	justin.zobel, waqar.17a
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	21.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	json format full file stdin

Description mikhaeldanilov 2023-06-05 15:32:55 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1.  Run Kate
2.  Create new  (ctrl + N)
3.  Write something in
4. Try to Tools->External Tools->Tools->JSON Full File Format

OBSERVED RESULT:
'Malformed URL' error was displayed.

EXPECTED RESULT:
Json formatting was applied to editor contents.

Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2023-06-06 02:20:02 UTC

I am unable to replicate this on Kate 23.04.1. Can you please try using a snap or flatpak version of Kate as 21.12.3 is quite old and this issue is quite possibly already fixed.

Comment 2 Waqar Ahmed 2023-06-06 07:05:18 UTC

You need to change the tool configuration so that it can read from STDIN. This is fixed in a later version AFAIR.

Pasting a screenshot of what the config should look like.

Alternatively, consider upgrading to the latest Kate version which has  a formatting plugin that does the job in a much better way.

Comment 3 Waqar Ahmed 2023-06-06 07:05:42 UTC

Created attachment 159489 [details]
json format full file stdin