https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497266
Bug ID: 497266
Summary: Support some easier scripting language to write
plugins
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: scripting
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: bribb...@disroot.org
Target Milestone: ---
One of the reasons editors like VSCode became big is good plugin support.
Plugins are really easy to write using JavaScript/Typescript and because of
that there are absolute tons of them to add all kind of functionality to the
editor.
Kate of course supports plugins but as far as I can see they require to be
written in C++. I understand why that is, 99% of KDE software is written in
that language of course, but this makes it harder for people to get into
writing plugins. C++ (and Qt) is a system level language and not something you
just pick up and write something quickly for.
It would be good if some easier scripting language is supported. I'm not
advocating for adding JavaScript support, personally I rather see a language
like Python (KDE frameworks has Python bindings too so in the context of KDE it
would make sense) or perhaps even Lua, but I think some easier to use scripting
language would boost the creation of plugins significantly.
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