Kwrite/Kate: how to move one sentence back or forward in text?

bhy · 08-18-2007, 02:35 AM

Hello. Is there a way to move to the beginning or end of a sentence while editing a text in the KDE text editors such as Kwrite and Kate? I mean something similar to what Meta-A/Meta-E does in Emacs. Thank you very much.

bulliver · 08-18-2007, 01:37 PM

The [Home] and [End] keys work for me

bhy · 08-18-2007, 02:55 PM

Yes, I know that, but these keys move the cursor to the beginning/end of a line. What I want is to move to the beginning/end of a sentence, i.e. either to the dot which marks the end of a sentence or to the capital letter which marks the beginning of another sentence.

bulliver · 08-18-2007, 03:21 PM

Oh, Ok, I see what you are saying. Press the respective button twice. That is, the first time you press [Home] the cursor will jump to the beginning of the line, press again and it jumps to the beginning of the sentence.

bhy · 08-18-2007, 04:18 PM

Well, in my case, this moves the cursor to the beginning/end of a paragraph, not a sentence. But thanks anyway, I didn't know about this one. I'll definitely use it.