Arch Linux

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Steps to reproduce:
Install krusader without kdebase-kwrite in your system
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ok, then what? I don't use krusader, please explain how to reproduce this.

Also, krusader starts without kdebase-kwrite, this will be an optdepends if needed.

Install krusader without kdebase-kwrite in your system and then try to edit or viev (F4 or F3 shortcut), a txt file (symptoms - nothing happens).

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Also, krusader starts without kdebase-kwrite, this will be an optdepends if needed.
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To run krusader does not need kdebase-kwrite (only if you want to use the Internal editor)

I tried without kdebase-kwrite and it works using calligra-words. I removed calligra-words and it still works.
I guess the dependence is kdebase-workspace here.

interesting observation
I can not find this package in the repo (I found only http://www.calligra-suite.org/get-calligra/ page). Are you using KOffice.
I ask because krusader uses libraries from kde and koffice can be provided is something that can run internal editor without kdebase-kwrite???

I found this (http://www.krusader.org/handbook/krviewer.html):
Note

The embedded viewer is not written by us, it is supplied via KDE (libs) and KIO Slaves We cannot and do not want to change it, usings these libraries reduces the amount of written code. So we do not have to reinvent the wheel ;-)



Kdebase-kwrite uninstalled and still the same (I have installed kdebase-workspace)

calligra packages are in the [kde-unstable] repository, is the continuation of KOffice.

Probably I've many KDE libraries installed on my system.
Can you send a mail to their mailing list to know which KDE modules they are using? I could send it too, but I cannot reproduce your problem and I should mail you everytime they ask something to me :)

I understand:)
I will try

I decided to google first:)
and I found this:

http://www.krusader.org/handbook/faq.html#id614052
Krusader requirements on Ubuntu (http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/krusader)

I hope something will help you, if not then I will write to their mailing list

If you look at http://www.krusader.org/handbook/compilation.html page there is a kdebase-bin package listed which, on Debian distributions, contains some konqueror, kdialog and keditbookmarks module, but no kwrite modules.

Below output from command 'pacman -Q | grep kde' on my system:
kdeartwork-styles 4.7.0-1
kdebase-lib 4.7.0-1
kdebase-runtime 4.7.0-1
kdebase-workspace 4.7.0-2
kde-l10n-pl 4.7.0-1
kdelibs 4.7.0-1
kdemultimedia-kioslave 4.7.0-1
kdepimlibs 4.7.0-2
kdepim-runtime 4.7.0-1
kdeutils-kcalc 4.7.0-1
polkit-kde 0.99.0-1

I have these packages installed for some time, and before update to kde 4.7 edit/view functionality worked fine. After update it broke.

I don't know whether it is bug in kdelibs, arch kde packaging or krusader (last update of krusader was in June).

Maybe the right solution is to add kdebase-kwrite as optional dependency - it's up to you.

Our kdebase-kwrite 4.7 package includes the KTextEditor interfaces (splitted by upstream from kdelibs 4.6), but I don't explain why it works for me without kwrite. I'll add it as optdepends.