Bug 498399

Summary:	Make character count start from 0 in Kate and KWrite
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	letsdiskuss <kdediscuss>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	task	CC:	fanzhuyifan
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description letsdiskuss 2025-01-08 21:29:41 UTC

Character count starts from 1 in both Kate and KWrite, this means that when 5 characters are typed the indicator marks 6.
This is quite confusing and different from all other text editors.
Character count should start from 0, so it displays 5 after 5 characters are typed.

Comment 1 fanzhuyifan 2025-01-12 20:18:58 UTC

If you are referring to the 1:x thing, then it is linenumber:column number, and not a character count. The colume number starts from 1 instead of 0 because what you type will be inserted into the first colume.