Hi I call kate from the command-line with a new file ~/c> kate ./a.c (so a.c did not exist yet). I then edit and save this new file. Kate now saves it in my home directory rather that in . (~/c in this case). I'm pretty sure this is a new bug. kate-15.12.3-3.fc23.x86_64 Reproducible: Always
PS I think there is something also wrong with the locations in the 'Open Recent' list.
Bug is gone since updating to fc24.