diff --git a/kate/main.cpp b/kate/main.cpp
--- a/kate/main.cpp
+++ b/kate/main.cpp
@@ -183,43 +183,75 @@
     aboutData.setupCommandLine(&parser);
 
     // -s/--start session option
-    const QCommandLineOption startSessionOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("s") << QStringLiteral("start"), i18n("Start Kate with a given session."), i18n("session"));
+    const QCommandLineOption startSessionOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("s"), QStringLiteral("start")}),
+        i18n("Start Kate with a given session."),
+        i18n("session"));
     parser.addOption(startSessionOption);
 
     // --startanon session option
-    const QCommandLineOption startAnonymousSessionOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("startanon"), i18n("Start Kate with a new anonymous session, implies '-n'."));
+    const QCommandLineOption startAnonymousSessionOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("startanon")}),
+        i18n("Start Kate with a new anonymous session, implies '-n'."));
     parser.addOption(startAnonymousSessionOption);
 
     // -n/--new option
-    const QCommandLineOption startNewInstanceOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("n") << QStringLiteral("new"), i18n("Force start of a new kate instance (is ignored if start is used and another kate instance already has the given session opened), forced if no parameters and no URLs are given at all."));
+    const QCommandLineOption startNewInstanceOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("n"), QStringLiteral("new")}),
+        i18n("Force start of a new kate instance (is ignored if start is used and another kate instance already has the given session opened), forced if no parameters and no URLs are given at all.")
+    );
     parser.addOption(startNewInstanceOption);
 
     // -b/--block option
-    const QCommandLineOption startBlockingOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("b") << QStringLiteral("block"), i18n("If using an already running kate instance, block until it exits, if URLs given to open."));
+    const QCommandLineOption startBlockingOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("b"), QStringLiteral("block")}),
+        i18n("If using an already running kate instance, block until it exits, if URLs given to open."));
     parser.addOption(startBlockingOption);
 
     // -p/--pid option
-    const QCommandLineOption usePidOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("p") << QStringLiteral("pid"), i18n("Only try to reuse kate instance with this pid (is ignored if start is used and another kate instance already has the given session opened)."), i18n("pid"));
+    const QCommandLineOption usePidOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("p"), QStringLiteral("pid")}),
+        i18n("Only try to reuse kate instance with this pid (is ignored if start is used and another kate instance already has the given session opened)."),
+        i18n("pid")
+    );
     parser.addOption(usePidOption);
 
     // -e/--encoding option
-    const QCommandLineOption useEncodingOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("e") << QStringLiteral("encoding"), i18n("Set encoding for the file to open."), i18n("encoding"));
+    const QCommandLineOption useEncodingOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("e"), QStringLiteral("encoding")}),
+        i18n("Set encoding for the file to open."),
+        i18n("encoding")
+    );
     parser.addOption(useEncodingOption);
 
     // -l/--line option
-    const QCommandLineOption gotoLineOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("l") << QStringLiteral("line"), i18n("Navigate to this line."), i18n("line"));
+    const QCommandLineOption gotoLineOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("l"), QStringLiteral("line")}),
+        i18n("Navigate to this line."),
+        i18n("line")
+    );
     parser.addOption(gotoLineOption);
 
     // -c/--column option
-    const QCommandLineOption gotoColumnOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("c") << QStringLiteral("column"), i18n("Navigate to this column."), i18n("column"));
+    const QCommandLineOption gotoColumnOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("c"), QStringLiteral("column")}),
+        i18n("Navigate to this column."),
+        i18n("column")
+    );
     parser.addOption(gotoColumnOption);
 
     // -i/--stdin option
-    const QCommandLineOption readStdInOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("i") << QStringLiteral("stdin"), i18n("Read the contents of stdin."));
+    const QCommandLineOption readStdInOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("i"), QStringLiteral("stdin")}),
+        i18n("Read the contents of stdin.")
+    );
     parser.addOption(readStdInOption);
 
     // --tempfile option
-    const QCommandLineOption tempfileOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("tempfile"), i18n("The files/URLs opened by the application will be deleted after use"));
+    const QCommandLineOption tempfileOption(
+        QStringList({QStringLiteral("tempfile")}),
+        i18n("The files/URLs opened by the application will be deleted after use")
+    );
     parser.addOption(tempfileOption);
 
     // urls to open