SUMMARY Kate formerly tracked current build target with configuration keys "Active Target Command" and "Active Target Index". These keys are no longer being written. Consequently, the last build target is not restored. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Activate Build plugin 2. Create target set 3. Build target 4. Close and reopen Kate OBSERVED RESULT No target is selected EXPECTED RESULT Last target is selected SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: Windows 10 22H2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0 Qt Version: 6.8.3
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1788
Git commit c9b7840bd6468e4f0f40776ddbeb61ae98ac8e25 by Kåre Särs. Committed on 06/06/2025 at 20:04. Pushed by sars into branch 'master'. Fix saving & restoring last active build target index M +19 -15 addons/katebuild-plugin/plugin_katebuild.cpp https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/c9b7840bd6468e4f0f40776ddbeb61ae98ac8e25
Thanks for the report! I've had a feeling something was wrong with the target selection on startup, but it had not disturbed me enough to check.
Git commit df80c487b836c20c921e39552ab8ccefbfb6e6fe by Kåre Särs. Committed on 10/06/2025 at 00:38. Pushed by sars into branch 'release/25.04'. Fix saving & restoring last active build target index M +19 -15 addons/katebuild-plugin/plugin_katebuild.cpp https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/df80c487b836c20c921e39552ab8ccefbfb6e6fe