The option for disabling swap file syncing does not work. Checked or unchecked, the .swp file is still being synced to the disk after each keypress. This bug was posted and 'FIXED' many times before but it still doesn't work in gentoo kate package. Even when downloading sources directly from kde (thus circumventing the gentoo packaging system) and compiling manualy, the problem persists. For this reason I won't report this as gentoo bug. It's clearly in the currently available source code from my point of view. I have selected Kate version 3.14.3 which was affected. Now using Kate 3.14.8 (not listed) and KDE 4.14.8 but the problem remains the same. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit a file over the network connection 2. Type in characters and watch the editor lag 3. Try changing "disable swap file syncing" option 4. Go back to step 2 Actual Results: Each typed-in keystroke makes KATE lag a bit while it is flushed through the underlying filesystem even when swap file syncing is disabled. Expected Results: When I disable swap file syncing, I expect it to be disabled and characters should be typed in smoothly.
Thanks for your report. Unfortunately the version you are trying is not receiving new updates any more :( The Kate team is small and does not have manpower to support multiple versions of Kate. The fix is in Kate 15.08 (and KF5 KTextEditor 5.12) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 348159 ***