https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456502
Bug ID: 456502 Summary: External tools configuration lost Product: kate Version: 21.12.3 Platform: Other OS: Other Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: general Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: private_l...@yahoo.com Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY On removing a single external tool definition, all of them are removed on next start. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open preferences > external tools (haven't used those much - so they should be pretty vanilla with defaults) 2. select entry "git blame" in the tree 3. click on "remove/delete" (translated back to English) 4. the node "git blame" (and only this node) is removed from the tree 5. check the menu extras > external programs looks fine (only one entry is missing as intended) 6. shut Kate and reopen OBSERVED RESULT The sub-menu extras > external only offers a single entry for configuration. And in the configuration, the tree is gone - completely blank except for one node "uncategorized". EXPECTED RESULT Only the selected entry shall be removed, not all of them! SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 Kernel Version: 5.15.0-40-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4600 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Symptom seems very similar to bug 453272. Only I didn't type or edit any of those external configurations. Also I don't have a folder ~/.config/kate or ~/.config/kate/externaltools Comparing with my backup, I found a new file was created as ~/.config/kate-externaltoolspluginrc It has only three lines: --- [Global] firststart=false --- I renamed that file to kate-externaltoolspluginrc.bak and relaunched Kate - that brings back all the external-tools definitions, including the "git blame", that I tried to delete. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.