https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453577
Bug ID: 453577
Summary: Table of contents for text documents
Product: kate
Version: 20.12.2
Platform: Debian stable
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
It would be hugely useful if one could enable Table of Content (TOC) in Kate
for text documents such as txt files or files without filetype.
This would make it easy to structure / sort notes, todos and other texts into
separate sections.
There would need to be a syntax for the headers of the sections. This could be
configured or changed by the user.
The text has the syntax "Normal" (this should work with default settings when
simply opening a txt file). I don't think Kate currently can display a TOC even
if the file has Markdown set as language.
There could be a small input box where you can easily quickly enter the
characters that create a header. This could look like / work like the input box
that open when you click on "Line x, Column y" in the bottom left. You could
enter something like "####" to make this the default string that's used for
headers.
If you then write "####This is is a header" somewhere in the txt document, it
would (or just "could" with whether or not depending on your settings) display
just like all the other text in the file (no color-highlighting or headers that
have a larger font-size) but still make this show up as a section in the TOC.
The TOC would be shown in a panel on the left, like or included in the
"Documents" tab that can also be shown there if you have multiple files open in
Kate. Clicking on a header would jump to it in the text file.
Can't overstate how useful this could be.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use Kate to write down notes
2. Do this until notes grow long
3. Try to organize things into separate sections, not just separate files
4. Try to show a TOC for the sections by which you structured the documents
OBSERVED RESULT
No TOC can be shown.
EXPECTED RESULT
A TOC can be shown that takes up little space and is located somewhere in the
panel on the left without having to switch between the Documents tab and a TOC
tab (both are visible at once).
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian 11
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
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