Version: (using KDE 4.4.0) Compiler: gcc 4.4.1 OS: Linux Installed from: openSUSE RPMs On KDE 4.3 and before, Kate would allow you to automatically put brackets/parentheses around selected text when the 'Auto brackets' option was enabled. After I upgraded to KDE 4.4 this doesn't work anymore. Instead, the selected text will be replaced by a opening and closing parentheses.
just got fixed for 4.4.1 and above. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 222506 ***