On 21/05/17 04:29 AM, Sudhir Anand wrote:
On Sun, 2017-05-21 at 09:33 +0200, Cor Blom wrote:
Op 21-05-17 om 08:06 schreef Sudhir Anand:
When dolphin is started in super user mode, it not possible to launch kate or kwrite. When a text file is highlighted and with a right click kate / kwrite is selected (as editor), there is no response. Leafpad and gedit work fine.
In a console, "sudo kate" does not work. There is a message SUDO_EDITOR=kate sudoedit <file>".
This is annoying as I like to use kate / kwrite to edit files as root when necessary. Is there a work around?
The message is the workaround. that is the command you should use now instead of sudo kate.
For background see:
https://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2017/02/editing-files-as-root/
Regards,
Cor
Thank you for the link and information.
I preferred the old style, in spite of the risk, which is minimal on my particular desktop. I will have to drop onto command prompt to issue the command if I want to use kate / kwrite, which is inconvenient and impractical. I used these editors to mostly edit configuration files and little else. Given this change, I will not be using either editor very much now.
I will use gedit or leafpad to edit files instead.
This change was unnecessary in my view. Just wish developers were more realistic at times. A better alternative would be to allow users to make a choice in the settings of the application.
Regards
I like using vim with vim-plugin-locateopen. It allows you to just type in the file name for editing. Example :LocateEdit grub -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org