Version: 3.3.85 (using 4.3.85 (KDE 4.3.85 (KDE 4.4 Beta2)), Gentoo) Compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.32-gentoo Kate's behavior when opening files using a symlink has changed, this might be intentional and this bug might be a "won-fix". I work with many different SVN branches of the same code base, the most efficient way I have found is to have a directory with all the branches and a symlink "current" pointing to the branch I'm working on. I can the close Kate, update the symlink to a different branch and reopen kate which will reopen all files using the "current" symlink to open the file. The changed behavior now resolves the symlink to the path it points to, which of course breaks this workflow. I'd like this behavior reverted, but there might be other reasons for changing it?
Kate hasn't changed its internal behaviour for urls, I guess this is a framework wide change, therefor yes, is a wont fix, sorry :(