Availability of macro plugin for older version of Kate

[Richard Owlett]

On 08/18/2024 06:57 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
>> [My OS is Debian 9.13 and updating *THIS* machine is not practical.]
> 
> When did that get out of support,
*L-O-N-G* time ago ;/

> and do you refer to updating via official packages
Definitely!

> or by building from source yourself?

Though fondly remembering 022, KSR35, and vacuum tube CPUs, I'm not 
masochistic.

> 
> I've kept my main linux beater on KUbuntu 14.0.5LTS or whatever the official latest version is, but I've used PPAs to update a bunch of packages and use a build/package system based on MacPorts to install a lot of stuff the same way I install it on Mac. I stopped updating my KF5 packages a while back, am now at Kate 19.08.3, could undoubtedly go newer if I wanted.
> Anyway, I'm not seeing the plugin you mention either. So either it's part of a newer Kate release, or it's an external plugin. In the former case you might be able to backport it.
> 

Thank you and I hope it's standard when using a current Debian ;)
I just discovered I had done the required housekeeping required to 
_prepare_ to update one of my "spare" machines.