Kate not just uses the same shortcuts everywhere. But you are right that it has ...

Kate not just uses the same shortcuts everywhere. But you are right that it has issues to be properly adjusted to macOS.

On my Mac Mini I used for the screenshot I just followed the linked howto (one can even just use the system Python with the latest macOS)

And yes, that needs initial effort, that is true. One can for sure improve this, but that needs volunteers.