[utilities/kate] /: Add formatting for perl files using perltidy

Git commit 4c01804067fbcf55a4a036adbe49bfd42565b716 by Christoph Cullmann, on behalf of Allen Winter.
Committed on 15/08/2026 at 12:23.
Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'.

Add formatting for perl files using perltidy

Now perl files can be auto-formatted when saved.

M  +6    -0    addons/format/FormatterSettings.json
M  +2    -0    addons/format/Formatters.cpp
M  +1    -0    doc/kate/plugins.docbook

https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/4c01804067fbcf55a4a036adbe49bfd42565b716

diff --git a/addons/format/FormatterSettings.json b/addons/format/FormatterSettings.json
index 181a4022fa..48fd91eafd 100644
--- a/addons/format/FormatterSettings.json
+++ b/addons/format/FormatterSettings.json
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
             "-s"
         ]
     },
+    "perltidy": {
+        "command": [
+            "perltidy",
+            "-pro=.../.perltidyrc"
+        ]
+    },
     "prettier": {
         "command": [
             "prettier"
diff --git a/addons/format/Formatters.cpp b/addons/format/Formatters.cpp
index 2ce6bcd95c..e5cb4099f0 100644
--- a/addons/format/Formatters.cpp
+++ b/addons/format/Formatters.cpp
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ static Formatter makeFormatter(KTextEditor::Document *doc, const QJsonObject &co
         return newStdinFmt("erlfmt", {});
     } else if (is("godot")) {
         return newStdinFmt("gdformat", {});
+    } else if (is("perl")) {
+        return newStdinFmt("perltidy", {});
     }
     return {};
 #undef S
diff --git a/doc/kate/plugins.docbook b/doc/kate/plugins.docbook
index 14fbb9af02..41d412b7da 100644
--- a/doc/kate/plugins.docbook
+++ b/doc/kate/plugins.docbook
@@ -4971,6 +4971,7 @@ The current list of supported languages and formatters are as follows:
 <listitem><para>Swift - <command>swiftformat</command></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>Erlang - <command>erlfmt</command></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>Godot Script - <command>gdformat</command></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Perl - <command>perltidy</command></para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>Python
 <itemizedlist>