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   Aragorn to All   
   Re: Kate - open file at EOF   
   15 Mar 20 01:05:22   
   
   From: thorongil@telenet.be   
      
   On 14.03.2020 at 20:18, Batchman scribbled:   
      
   > On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:16:20 +0100, Aragorn wrote:   
   >    
   > > On 13.03.2020 at 22:29, Batchman scribbled:   
   > >      
   > >> How can I have Kate to open an existing text file    
   > >> and move to the end of the file, please?     
   > >    
   > > Several years ago, I wrote a wrapper script for KWrite that did   
   > > exactly that.  Given that Kate accepts the same command line   
   > > parameters as KWrite, below is the wrapper script, adapted to Kate.   
   > > [SNIP]      
   >    
   > Fantastic!   
   > Thanks for not only providing your script but `tuning' it   
   > specifically for Kate. I'm in your debt.   
      
   Don't mention it. ;)     
      
   Tuning it for Kate wasn't difficult either — all I had to do was   
   replace every instance of "kwrite" with "kate".  The rest of the script   
   is still the same. ;)   
      
      
      
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   = Aragorn =   
      
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