From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   Hi Richard,   
      
   I see your post "Confused first time Kate user", 6 months ago.   
   Another one "Understanding the Kate documentation", soon after.   
   Then a query post "An active Kate user group?", 2 months ago.   
      
   These questions on that time scale coupled with the observation   
   that you obviously haven't got (if at all) any useful feedback   
   raises some basic questions whether there's something suboptimal   
   in your approach to solve some task with that editor.   
      
   It appears that Kate's concepts are not clear (to you at least),   
   there's also no sufficient (clear) documentation provided, and   
   that there's also no active user group (with experienced users)   
   to help you.   
      
   Someone might have suggested Kate to you? (Have you asked these   
   people to help you?)   
      
   Maybe it's time to reconsider some early decision you made (with   
   the choice of that editor)! - Have you considered to use another   
   editor, one that is - likely for reasons! - (more) widely used?   
      
   On 03.02.2025 17:43, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > I am new to Kate, though I've been exposed to a wide variety of editors   
   > since the 60's (impressed by co-workers use of TECO in the 70's).   
      
   (I note that you are still "new to Kate" after 6 months.)   
      
   >   
   > I'm reformatting several chapters of a HTML formatted KJV Bible to be a   
   > pleasant reading experience for visually impaired seniors.   
      
   Given the huge amount of bible text your decision to _manually_   
   edit its HTML source is noteworthy. Personally I'd automate such   
   tasks with some (common) scripting language instead of using an   
   editor's scripting or macro facilities. (For large texts that's   
   not only faster but also more reliable, with reproducible results   
   and the possibility to adapt the process until the results are   
   perfect.)   
      
   >   
   > Kate's suitability has been demonstrated by using the GUI to manually   
   > edit individual chapters.   
      
   Who demonstrated that? - Can you ask that source for help?   
      
   Mind that editing text (HTML or else) is what all text editors   
   have been created for to do. (There's some more common editors   
   that likely even have a lot more power than Kate.) - You will   
   certainly find more help if you use any of these text editors.   
      
   > I wish to write macros using ERE's[1] to make   
   > my project feasible.   
      
   (You can use EREs also in an automated scripting environment.)   
      
   >   
   > I paused a few months ago due to difficulties. A recent WEB search   
   > turned up a discussion of a similar problem/solution[2].   
   > It referenced Kate 23.04 .   
   >   
   > Questions:   
   >   1. Does that discussion apply to Kate 22.12.3?   
      
   If you have a question that's raised (also) in StackOverflow   
   then it's best you ask this question in that discussion group,   
   given that it's even a similar problem.   
      
   >   2. Is there documentation (preferably a tutorial) for this?   
   >      [I wish to use common terminology when asking further questions.]   
      
   See above.   
      
      
   Really and well meant; reconsider your approach. - Good luck!   
      
   Janis   
      
   >   
   > TIA   
   >   
   > [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/ERE-syntax.html   
   > [2]   
   > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23157001/how-to-replace-ka   
   e-regular-expression   
      
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