# The &kate; Plugins Handbook

## &kate; plugins

&kate; plugins are additional functions for the &kate; editor. They can add extra menus and shortcuts, and extend &kate;'s features. You can install as many or as few as you like, from within &kate;. Open &kate;'s configuration dialog with Settings Configure &kate;.... Select Application Plugins to choose the wanted plugins.

More information on using &kate; and enabling the plugins you want is available in the &kate; handbook.

The plugins installed in this handbook are:

- &XML; Completion

- &XML; Validation

- Insert Command

- &HTML; Tools

- Open Header

- Text Filter

- File Templates

- Sort

&doc-xmltools; &doc-xmlcheck; &doc-insertcommand; &doc-htmltools; &doc-openheader; &doc-textfilter; &doc-filetemplates; &doc-sort;

## Credits and License

Copyrights for each applet is listed in the applicable chapter.

&underFDL; &underGPL;