From b3934cfd7d415c9f659af175799c294337c390c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Kovacs <kovacsmillio@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 18:42:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add kate and alien global menu

---
 home/alien.nix | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 home/all.nix   | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/home/alien.nix b/home/alien.nix
index 9943276..91186dd 100644
--- a/home/alien.nix
+++ b/home/alien.nix
@@ -19,5 +19,40 @@
         DefaultLightLookAndFeel = "Catppuccin-Latte-Blue";
       };
     };
+    panels = [
+      # Alternative global menu to fit the modified taskbar
+      {
+        location = "bottom";
+        height = 40;
+        hiding = "dodgewindows";
+        lengthMode = "fit";
+        floating = true;
+        alignment = "right";
+        widgets = [
+          "org.kde.plasma.appmenu"
+          {
+            plasmusicToolbar = {
+              panelIcon = {
+                albumCover = {
+                  useAsIcon = false;
+                  radius = 8;
+                };
+                icon = "view-media-track";
+              };
+              playbackSource = "auto";
+              musicControls.showPlaybackControls = true;
+              songText = {
+                displayInSeparateLines = true;
+                maximumWidth = 640;
+                scrolling = {
+                  behavior = "alwaysScroll";
+                  speed = 3;
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          }
+        ];
+      }
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/home/all.nix b/home/all.nix
index 9b9ece2..7837e76 100755
--- a/home/all.nix
+++ b/home/all.nix
@@ -213,6 +213,16 @@
     };
   };
 
+  programs.kate = {
+    enable = true;
+    editor = {
+      font = {
+        family = "Noto Sans Mono";
+        pointSize = 10;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
   programs.plasma = {
     enable = true;
     overrideConfig = true;