How do I create a new file view in Kate with Python/Pâté?

Question

I'm working on a Kate plugin written in Python that generates a large amount of text too big to display it in a popup. So I want Kate to open a new unnamed file and display the text in it.

Is there a way to do this in Python (apart from running a subprocess echo text | kate --stdin)?

Answer 1

I found it out myself:

import kate
from kate import documentManager as dm
from PyKDE4.kdecore import KUrl


text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"

# Open a new empty document
doc = dm.openUrl(KUrl())
# Open an existing file
doc = dm.openUrl(KUrl('/path/to/file.ext'))

# Activate view
kate.application.activeMainWindow().activateView(doc)

# Insert text
pos = kate.activeView().cursorPosition()
doc.insertText(pos, text)