Question

I am programming C using Kate editor in Ubuntu 11.10. It works great, but when I change tabs in Kate, the terminal line changes to the file path of the tab I click on.

Normally this is not a big deal (other than annoyingly adding extra text to my terminal) however if I am currently RUNNNING a C program, it obviously will type at the command line, which is not so cool.

Example terminal window for my C program (its at a menu):

1) select opt 1
2) select opt 2

Enter choice: (here it waits for prompt from user)

Now when I click a tab in Kate, it wants to put in the cd / path of the file in that tab, such as:
cd /home/user/os/files

And of course since my terminal was waiting for prompt from user it gets that command.. not good.

Perhaps there is no fix, but maybe someone knows? Obviously I could choose NOT to switch tabs or end program before switching tabs…

Note: I probably made the mistake of putting this under StackOverflow
which is more of a programming area – so though repost here might be
best (I am not sure how to link the questions but will paste hyperlink
to that post – I dont want to violate any stackoverflow/superuser
violations) Suggestions on merging them are welcome or if I should delete one?

SuperUser Post

Answer 1

From Pedro Romano at https://superuser.com/q/481362/127982:

Kate configuration under Application > Terminal > Terminal Settings has a Automatically synchronise the terminal with the current document when possible (this is on Ubuntu 12.10, so your may not have it or be slightly different).