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Description of problem:
Kate editor cannot save shortcut preference. If you change the
shortcut in kate, and close and open kate after that, your custom
shortcut is gone, although it looks like ~/.kde/share/config/kate*rc
files is updated. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdebase-3.1.3-5.2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Kate
2. Select Settings->Configure Kate -> Editor --> Shortcut
3. Try changing delete line from CTRL-K to CTRL-Y (or anything).
4. Close kate, repeat step 1 & 2, you'll see that your custom shortcut
is gone, replaced by the default shortcut CTRl-K 

    

Actual Results:  Custom shortcut is gone, replaced by the default
shortcut CTRl-K 

Expected Results:  My preference shortcut should be saved

Additional info:

By the way, this also happes in Fedora Core 1.