https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462558
Bug ID: 462558
Summary: Wish: I wish for smaller configurable vertical line
spacing in Kate
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Other
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: kwrite
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: bob872...@hotmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 154238
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=154238&action=edit
Comparison of vertical line spacing of Kate vs Textpad
SUMMARY
For me, there is too much vertical whitespace between lines for the same TTF
font Courier New (as a simple comparison font)
I would like the option to set a vertical whitespace less than the current
minimum value of "1.0" in Configure Kate
I have shown the differences in attached image: KateNeon_vs_TextpadWin7.png
Background context:
This might be more general for linux font rendering which always seems to
prefer lots of whitespace which I am not pleased about. This could be Konsole,
text editors, Konquerer or KDE titlebars and tool bars. KDE and Linux always
seems to have a lot of vertical whitespace used for: title bar area,
application menu, application toolbar, statusbar etc. Again, this is so
apparent in my attachment as the "title bar area, application menu, application
toolbar" vertical size for Kate vs Textpad is about double for Kate.
In an era when non-casual users are desktop/laptop users with 16:10 or 16:9
aspect screens, it's annoying. I get that you want to support touch control on
mobile, but I don't want a mobile OS for use on my desktop. I have a mouse, a
keyboard, a high DPI screen and I would prefer to use all of that precious
vertical space to the maximum effect when programming, reading documentation
etc.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Navigate to Kate -> Settings Menu -> Configure Kate -> Appearance Tab ->
Line Height Multiplier
2. Click the down arrow as much as possible for "Line Height Multiplier"
setting
3. You cannot go below a multiplier of 1.0
OBSERVED RESULT
"1.0" is the arbitrary minimum value
EXPECTED RESULT
I want to go lower than 1.0. I would experiment and check results, but I want
to get rid of most of the vertical whitespace area in between lines in the
editor regardless of font choice. For this, I would suggest a minimum of zero?
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 7 Professional SP1
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-53-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Memory: 7.8 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; LLVM;
Manufacturer: innotek GmbH
Product Name: VirtualBox
System Version: 1.2
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