KDE bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234291 is probably worth to be back ported to 4.4.5 too. Tested the 3 attached patches at my machine and it works on an almost stable Gentoo. Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 255797 [details, diff] patch 1#3
Created attachment 255799 [details, diff] patch 2#3
Created attachment 255801 [details, diff] patch 3#3
Seriously, if we start backporting kompare bugfixes we might as well start rolling large boulders uphill just for fun...