# The &kwrite; Handbook

## Introduction

&kwrite; is more than a text editor for the &kde; Desktop. It is meant to be a programmer's editor, and could be considered as at least a partial alternative to more powerful editors. It may be best used in conjunction with &konqueror; or &dolphin; for source file browsing for different languages. &kwrite; also works very well as a simple text editor. One of &kwrite;'s main features is the colorized syntax, customized for many different programming languages such as: C/C++, &Java;, Python, Perl, Bash, Modula 2, &HTML;, and Ada.

&kwrite; has a single document interface (SDI) allowing you to edit one file at the time per window.

&kwrite; features two different modes, a simple mode with a straightforward interface and an advanced mode with more features and more extensive menu items. The advanced mode is enabled by checking the option Enable power user mode (&kde; 3 mode) on the Appearance page in &kappname;s settings.

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## Credits and Licenses

&kwrite; Copyright 2001 by the &kate; team.

Based on the original &kwrite;, which was Copyright 2000 by Jochen Wilhelmy digisnap@cs.tu-berlin.de

Contributions:

- &Christoph.Cullmann; &Christoph.Cullmann.mail;

- Michael Bartl michael.bartl1@chello.at

- Phlip phlip_cpp@my-deja.com

- &Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail;

- Matt Newell newellm@proaxis.com

- &Joseph.Wenninger; &Joseph.Wenninger.mail;

- Jochen Wilhelmy digisnap@cs.tu-berlin.de

- &Michael.Koch; &Michael.Koch.mail;

- &Christian.Gebauer; &Christian.Gebauer.mail;

- &Simon.Hausmann; &Simon.Hausmann.mail;

- Glen Parker glenebob@nwlink.com

- Scott Manson sdmanson@altel.net

- &John.Firebaugh; &John.Firebaugh.mail;

Original documentation by &Thad.McGinnis; &Thad.McGinnis.mail;

Updated by &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf; &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail; and &Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail;

This version of the &kwrite; Handbook is based on the original by &Cristian.Tibirna; &Cristian.Tibirna.mail;

Converted to docbook/proofreading by &Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;

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