Going Crazy. How to open a folder with root. Dolphin

[anonymous9001]

Linux Mint 17. KDE Desktop. There is no option to open folders/edit files as root like there is on the xfce desktop.
See the picture displayed in this thread. http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=110444

I have two questions.
1. How can I open or edit a file as root by right clicking without changing the permissions of every file/folder I want to edit.

2. Using the terminal, how can I open files in text editors. I can navigate to the file just fine, but once I want to edit it using something like KATE, I don't know what to do.

I hope I am not wasting my time with my noobish questions. Thank you.

[kc1di]

Linux Mint 17. KDE Desktop. There is no option to open folders/edit files as root like there is on the xfce desktop.
See the picture displayed in this thread. http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=110444

I have two questions.
1. How can I open or edit a file as root by right clicking without changing the permissions of every file/folder I want to edit.

2. Using the terminal, how can I open files in text editors. I can navigate to the file just fine, but once I want to edit it using something like KATE, I don't know what to do.

I hope I am not wasting my time with my noobish questions. Thank you.

#1. You can do that I believe in two ways, If I'm not mistake there is a root dolphin in the menu. or your can go to a terminal and type the following to open dolphin with root privileges.

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sudo dolphin

enter your password when it asks. (Note: Be very careful when using dolphin in this mode, you can do great damage if you delete the wronf files.

#2.

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sudo kwrite 

will get you to text editor with root privileges.