Kate crashes before saving the file when attempting to save it in Vi Input Mode by hitting ":w". Using Ctrl+S or just the GUI works fine though. Notably, kate crashes before Enter is hit. The console output is as follows: katepart: ":" katepart: "w" katepart: New text: "w" KCrash: Application 'kate' crashing... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set Kate to Vi Input Mode 2. Hit : followed by w 3. Panic
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 344520 ***