I am using kate (Version 18.04.0) Under manjaro (Plasma: KDE)

I want to compare two files, but can't get them both on the screen at the same time for scrolling and comparison.

Please advise

Have you considered using a dedicated Diff tool like Kompare or Kdiff3?

What steps have you tried taking?

I just tried using Kate on KDE 4 as follows: Open the two files (ctrl+o, select the two files). Split the view using View -> Split View -> Split Vertical. At this point both panes show the same file. Next I switched one pane to the other file using a couple of different methods, including the next/previous document buttons in the toolbar, ctrl+tab, and clicking on the files in the Documents sidebar. Regardless of the method used, I was able to get one pane showing one file and the other pane showing the other file.

airdrik wrote:Have you considered using a dedicated Diff tool like Kompare or Kdiff3?

What steps have you tried taking?

I just tried using Kate on KDE 4 as follows: Open the two files (ctrl+o, select the two files). Split the view using View -> Split View -> Split Vertical. At this point both panes show the same file. Next I switched one pane to the other file using a couple of different methods, including the next/previous document buttons in the toolbar, ctrl+tab, and clicking on the files in the Documents sidebar. Regardless of the method used, I was able to get one pane showing one file and the other pane showing the other file.

Thank you,

I now have the two files in two panes (alongside each other)