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Yes, I do believe it is a (default) plugin. It allows compiling code via custom commands, I don't know about "just" a text editor as I'm pretty sure Kate handles a bunch of other code stuff like indentations and code folding etc.
If you don't use Kate as a code editor (assuming you use one at all), is there something else lightweight that you'd recommend?
I meant "just a text editor" in the sense that it's not a full IDE with compilers and build system, versioning, project management etc. But now with plugins Kate does these things too
I use Kate mostly for config files or interpreted code like python, bash etc, and just launch the code from the terminal (or Kate's built-in terminal ๐ )
For compiled code I like KDevelop, if that can be considered lightweight. Vscode / vscodium is nice too but not exactly lightweight by many people's standards (though I haven't tried it with compiled code)