Since this was fixed in SVN in september, that fix is in kde 3.5.5 which
is in Edgy, and packages are available for Dapper here:
http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-355.php
** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released
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Kate hangs on spellcheck
https://launchpad.net/bugs/58175