I agree that Konsole is an unsung hero and is a great workhorse. The best thing about Konsole is it's a framework to begin with. So tools like Yakuake can just

I agree that Konsole is an unsung hero and is a great workhorse. The best thing about Konsole is it's a framework to begin with. So tools like Yakuake can just import Konsole as a "unit" and build upon it. I don't expect KATE to compete with VSCod{ium,e}. I expect it to be a code and git aware text editor and it fills that role perfectly. As a funny side note, at least for Golang, KATE's LSP integration works way better than more expensive tools like BBEdit. For bigger projects I skip this free-looking-proprietary-Microsoft-thing and use Eclipse IDE instead.