When Kate is being closed and there are dirty buffers, Kate offers to save them. If it happens that Kate cannot save them in their original locations, Kate does not offer to save them elsewhere. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Tell Kate to open /etc/fstab. 2. Edit the document buffer. 3. Tell Kate to quit. 4. Tell Kate to save the modified document. Actual Results: 2. The document becomes modified. 3. Kate offers to save the modified document. 4. Kate cannot save the modified document but offers to save it again. Expected Results: 4. Let Kate offer to save the modified document elsewhere.
Confirmed. Arch Linux 64-bit Kate 16.04.2 KDE Frameworks 5.22.0 Qt 5.6.1 xcb wm
Can this be closed? Now is in the given example asked for an admin password which you can cancel and then save elsewhere.
Ok, let's close.
Christopher: you changed the status. Please explain why you are not happy with the situation described in comment 2.
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #4) > Christopher: you changed the status. Please explain why you are not happy > with the situation described in comment 2. What really happens is described in comment 1. The situation of comment 2 does not occur.
(In reply to Christopher Yeleighton from comment #7) > (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #4) > > Christopher: you changed the status. Please explain why you are not happy > > with the situation described in comment 2. > > What really happens is described in comment 1. The situation of comment 2 > does not occur. I guess you meant comment 0. I don't reproduce your comment 0 anymore. I asks me for root password. Do you really mean that it does not ask you for root password?
Created attachment 137822 [details] Kate does not ask for root credentials (PL UI) I have attached a screen shot of steps.
Current versions will ask for permissions.
*** Bug 388041 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***