Version: (using Devel) Compiler: msvc binaries from installer OS: MS Windows Installed from: Compiled sources At least in MS Windows, kate crashes when clicking in the "External Tools" checkbox in plugins configuration.
I've checked on Kate from trunk (>=20090106) with MinGW and there's no crash. Please, get the latest build for MSVC and check if this bug still persists. If not - please, close the bug.
This bug is still present in 4.2-msvc I suspect msvc binaries ( not just in kate ) are having problems while loading certain dlls.
this bug still persists in KDE 4.2.1 (adding kde-windows to CC list)
SVN commit 936942 by chehrlic: fix crash on win32 with msvc BUG: 180978 M +5 -8 kateexternaltools.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=936942