<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&konsole;"> <!ENTITY package "kdebase"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &konsole; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author>&Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</author> <author>&Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;</author> <othercredit role="developer"> &Robert.Knight; &Robert.Knight.mail; </othercredit> <othercredit role="developer"> &Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail; </othercredit> <othercredit role="developer"> &Waldo.Bastian; &Waldo.Bastian.mail; </othercredit> <othercredit role="reviewer"> &Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail; </othercredit> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>2000</year><year>2001</year><year>2002</year> <holder>&Jonathan.Singer;</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>2005</year><year>2008</year><year>2009</year> <holder>&Kurt.Hindenburg;</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2009-10-20</date> <releaseinfo>2.4.0</releaseinfo> <abstract><para>&konsole; is &kde;'s terminal emulator.</para></abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>konsole</keyword> <keyword>kdebase</keyword> <keyword>command</keyword> <keyword>line</keyword> <keyword>terminal</keyword> <keyword>cli</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <sect1 id="terminal"> <title>What is a terminal?</title> <para>&konsole; is an X terminal emulator, often referred to as a terminal or a shell. It emulates a command line interface in a text only window. </para> <para>Explaining the use of the &UNIX; <acronym>CLI</acronym> is beyond the scope of this document. A search of the web for these terms will produce more information. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="scrollback"> <title>Scrollback</title> <para>&konsole; uses the notion of scrollback to allow user's to view previously displayed output. By default, scrollback is on and set to save 1000 lines of output in addition to what is currently displayed on the screen. As lines of text scroll off the top of the screen, they can be reviewed by moving the scroll bar upwards, scrolling with a mouse wheel or through the use of the <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Page Up</keycap></keycombo> (to move back a page), <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Page Down</keycap></keycombo> (to move forward a page), <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Up Arrow</keycap></keycombo> (to move up a line) and <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Down Arrow</keycap></keycombo> (to move down a line) keys. </para> <para>When the <keycap>scrolllock</keycap> is on, ordinary input and output from the shell is suspended, and you can scroll through the history with <keycap>Page Up</keycap>, <keycap>Page Down</keycap>, <keycap>Up Arrow</keycap> and <keycap>Down Arrow</keycap>. </para> <para>&konsole; provides a number of actions located in the <link linkend="scrollback-menu"> <menuchoice><guimenu> Scrollback </guimenu></menuchoice> </link>menu. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="profiles"> <title>Profiles</title> <para>Profiles allow the user to quickly and easily automate the running of common commands. Examples could include: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>ssh into another machine</para></listitem> <listitem><para>starting an irc session</para></listitem> <listitem><para>use tail to watch a file</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <para> Procedure to create a new profile: <orderedlist> <listitem><para>Click on the menu entry <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Profiles...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Click on the button <guibutton>New Profile...</guibutton>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fill in the first entry with a name. This is the name that will show in the menu, and will be the default label instead of <guilabel>Shell</guilabel> when you start a session of this type. </para></listitem> <listitem><para>Enter a command just as you normally would if you opened a new shell and were going to issue that command. For our first example above, you might type <userinput><command>ssh</command> <replaceable>administration</replaceable></userinput>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>On the other tabs of the dialog, configure this session's appearance. You can configure a different font, colour scheme, $<envar>TERM</envar> type and many other settings for each session.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. The new session is now available in the <guilabel>Manage Profiles...</guilabel> dialog. </para></listitem> </orderedlist> </para> <para> After creating profiles, they are listed by their name in the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu></menuchoice> menu underneath the default <guimenuitem>Shell</guimenuitem> item. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="mousebuttons"> <title>Mouse Buttons</title> <para>This section details the use of the mouse buttons for the common right handed mouse button order. For the left handed mouse button order, swap left and right in the text below. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><mousebutton>Left</mousebutton></term> <listitem><para> All &LMB; clicks will be sent to a mouse-aware application running in &konsole;. If an application will react on mouse clicks, &konsole; indicates this by showing an arrow cursor. If not, an I-beam (bar) cursor is shown.</para> <para>Holding the &LMB; down and dragging the mouse over the screen with a mouse-unaware application running will mark a region of the text. While dragging, the marked text is displayed reversed for visual feedback. Select <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu to copy the marked text to the clipboard for further use within &konsole; or another application. The selected text can also be dragged and dropped into compatible applications. Click on the selected text and drag it to the desired location. Depending on your &kde; settings, you may need to hold the &Ctrl; key while dragging.</para> <para>Normally, new-line characters are inserted at the end of each line selected. This is best for cut and paste of source code, or the output of a particular command. For ordinary text, the line breaks are often not important. One might prefer, however, for the text to be a stream of characters that will be automatically re-formatted when pasted into another application. To select in text-stream mode, hold down the &Ctrl; key while selecting normally.</para> <para>Pressing the &Ctrl; and &Alt; keys along with the &LMB; will select a column of text. </para> <para>Double-click with the &LMB; to select a word; triple-click to select an entire line.</para> <para>If the upper or lower edge of the text area is touched while marking, &konsole; scrolls up or down, eventually exposing text within the history buffer. The scrolling stops when the mouse stops moving.</para> <para>After the mouse is released, &konsole; attempts to keep the text in the clipboard visible by holding the marked area reversed. The marked area reverts back to normal as soon as the contents of the clipboard change, the text within the marked area is altered or the &LMB; is clicked.</para> <para>To mark text on a mouse-aware application (Midnight Commander, for example) the &Shift; key has to be pressed when clicking.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton></term> <listitem><para>Pressing the &MMB; pastes text currently in the clipboard. Holding down the &Ctrl; key as you press the &MMB; pastes the text and sends it to &konsole;.</para> <note><para>If you have a mouse with only two buttons, pressing both the &LMB; and &RMB; together emulates the &MMB; of a three button mouse.</para></note> <para>If you have a <mousebutton>wheel</mousebutton> as the middle button, rolling it in a mouse unaware program will move &konsole;'s scrollbar.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><mousebutton>Right</mousebutton></term> <listitem> <para>These items appear in the menu when the &RMB; is pressed: <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Clear Scrollback & Reset</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Open File Manager</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Change Profile</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Edit Current Profile...</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Show MenuBar</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Character Encoding</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Close Tab</guimenuitem> </para> <para>In a mouse aware application, press the &Shift; key along with the &RMB; to get the popup menu. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="commandreference"> <title>Command Reference</title> <sect1 id="menubar"> <title>The Menubar</title> <para>The menubar is at the top of the &konsole; window. If the menubar is hidden, <guimenuitem>Show Menu Bar</guimenuitem> can be reached by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking in the window (as long as no full screen application is running in that window such as vi, minicom, etc.). The default shortcut is listed after each menu item. </para> <sect2 id="file-menu"> <title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Tab</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Opens a new tab with the default profile</action> </para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Opens a new separate &konsole; window with the default profile</action> </para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Shell</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens a new tab with the Shell profile</action></para> <note><para>&konsole; ships with the Shell profile as the default. Any new profiles added by the user will have its own menu item below <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Shell</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></note> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Open File Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Opens &kde;'s file manager at the current directory</action>. By default, that is <ulink url="help:/dolphin/index.html">&dolphin;</ulink>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Close Tab</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Closes the current tab</action> </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Quits &konsole;</action></para> <note><para>&konsole; will display a window if there is more than one tab open. This window can be disabled by clicking on the <guibutton>Do not ask again</guibutton> checkbox. </para></note> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="edit-menu"> <title><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Copies the selected text to the clipboard</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste </guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Pastes text from the clipboard at the cursor location</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Rename Tab...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens a dialog box allowing you to change the name of the current tab</action> (<link linkend="rename-tab-dialog">more info</link>) </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>,</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Copy Input To</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>All Tabs in Current Window</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Allows input from the current session to be sent simultaneously to all sessions in current window</action> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>.</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Copy Input To</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Select Tabs...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Allows input from the current session to be sent simultaneously to user picked sessions</action> (<link linkend="copy-input-dialog">more info</link>) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>/</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Copy Input To</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>None</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Stop all input to other sessions</action> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <!-- Z-Modem Upload... <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Z-Modem Upload..</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action></action> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> --> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear & Reset</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Clears all text from the tab and reset the session</action></para> <para>All the text cleared will be stored in the <link linkend="scrollback">Scrollback</link>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="view-menu"> <title><guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Split View</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Split View Left/Right</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Splits all the tabs into left and right views</action> </para><para> Any output on one view is duplicated in the other view. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Split View</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Split View Top/Bottom</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Splits all the tabs into top and bottom views</action> </para><para> Any output on one view is duplicated in the other view. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Split View</guisubmenu><guimenuitem> Close Active</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Closes the current view</action> </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Split View</guisubmenu><guimenuitem> Close Others</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Closes the non-current view</action> </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>]</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Split View</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Expand View</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Makes the current view larger</action> </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>[</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Split View</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Shrink View</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Makes the current view smaller</action> </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>H</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Detach View</guimenuitem></menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para><action>Opens the current tab in a separate window</action> </para><para> Quiting the previous &konsole; window will not affect the newly created window. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Menu Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Toggles the menubar being visible</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F11</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Full Screen Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Toggles &konsole; filling the entire screen</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Monitor for Silence</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Toggles the monitoring of the current tab for lack of activity</action> </para><para> By default, after 10 seconds of inactivity, an info icon will appear on the session's tab. The type of alerts can be changed through <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Notifications</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Silence in monitored session</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Monitor for Activity</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Toggles the monitoring of the current tab for activity</action> </para><para> Upon any activity, an info icon will appear on the session's tab. The type of alerts can be changed through <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Notifications</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Activity in monitored session</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Character Encoding</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Sets the character encoding</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Increase Text Size</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Increases the text font size</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Decrease Text Size</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Decreases the text font size</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="scrollback-menu"> <title><guimenu>Scrollback</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Scrollback</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search Output...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens a search bar at the bottom of &konsole;'s window </action></para> <para>This allows for case sensitive, forward or backwards, and regular expressions searches.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Scrollback</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Moves to the next search instance </action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Scrollback</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find Previous</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Moves to the previous search instance </action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Scrollback</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save Output...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Saves the current scrollback as a text or html file</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Scrollback</guimenu><guimenuitem>Scrollback Options...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens a dialog to configure number of lines to save</action> (<link linkend="scrollback-options-dialog">more info</link>) </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Scrollback</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear Scrollback & Reset</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Clears all text saved in current tab and resets the terminal</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="bookmarks-menu"> <title><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Adds the current location</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Bookmark Tabs as Folder...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Adds all tabs to a bookmark folder</action> </para><para> A dialog will open for the bookmark folder name. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Bookmark Folder...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Adds a new folder to the bookmark list</action> </para><para> A dialog will open for the bookmark folder name. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens the bookmark editor</action></para> <note><para>You can use the bookmark editor to manually add URLs. Currently, &konsole; accepts the following: <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'> <listitem><para>ssh://user@host:port</para></listitem> <listitem><para>telnet://user@host:port</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para></note> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="settings-menu"> <title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Change Profile</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Changes the profile for the current tab</action></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Current Profile...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens the profile editor for the current tab</action></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Profiles...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens a editor for managing profiles</action> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens the keyboard shortcut editor</action></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Opens the notifications editor</action></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="help-menu"> <title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> <!-- Only negative to using this is it shows shortcut F1 for Handbook --> &help.menu.documentation; </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="rename-tab-dialog"> <title>Rename Tab Dialog</title> <para>The name of the current tab can be changed from this dialog. The dialog can be displayed via the menu, the shortcut <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> or by double-clicking on the tab in the tab bar. These changes can be made permanent by editing the current profile. </para> <para> &konsole; will subsitute these tokens: <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'> <listitem><para>%n : program name</para></listitem> <listitem><para>%d : current directory (short)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>%D : current directory (long)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>%w : window title set by shell</para></listitem> <listitem><para>%# : session number</para></listitem> <listitem><para>%u : user name</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <para> Examples: <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'> <listitem><para> <userinput>%d : %n</userinput> with /usr/src as current directory and running <application>bash</application> will display <guibutton>usr/s : bash</guibutton> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> <userinput>%D : %n</userinput> with /usr/src as current directory and running <application>top</application> will display <guibutton>/usr/src : top</guibutton> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> <userinput>%w (%#)</userinput> with ~ as current directory and running <application>vim</application> in the first tab will display <guibutton>[No Name] (~) - VIM(1)</guibutton> </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="copy-input-dialog"> <title>Copy Input Dialog</title> <para>The text entered in one tab can simultaneously be sent to other tabs. This dialog allows you to select which tabs will get that input. The current tab will be greyed out. <!-- <screenshot> <screeninfo>A picture of the copy input dialog</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="copyinputdialog.png" format="PNG" /> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>A picture of the copy input dialog</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> --> </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="scrollback-options-dialog"> <title>Scrollback Options Dialog</title> <para>The <link linkend="scrollback">scrollback</link> option for the history size can be changed in this dialog. There is also a check box to save these settings to the current profile. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="command-line-options"> <title>Command-line Options</title> <para>When &konsole; is started from the command line, various options can be specified to modify its behavior.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem><para><action>List the various options</action>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--profile</option> <parameter>file</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Start &konsole;</action> using a saved set of sessions.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--list-profiles</option></term> <listitem><para><action>List</action> all of the available profiles. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--background-mode</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Start &konsole;</action> in the background and bring to the front when the F12 key is pressed. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--new-tab</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Create a new tab</action> in an existing window rather than creating a new window. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--workdir</option> <parameter>dir</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Open with</action> <parameter>dir</parameter> as the working (starting) directory.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--notransparency</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Disable</action> transparent backgrounds, even if the system supports them. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--force-transparency</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Try to enable transparency</action>, even if the system does not appear to support it. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--hold, --noclose</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Do not close</action> the initial session automatically when it ends. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-p</option> <parameter>property=value</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Change</action> the value of a profile property.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-e</option> <parameter>command</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Execute</action> <parameter>command</parameter> instead of the normal shell.</para> <note><para>Any arguments after <parameter>command</parameter> will be passed to <parameter>command</parameter>, not &konsole;.</para></note> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>&konsole; also accepts generic &Qt; and &kde; options:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>--help-qt</option></term> <listitem><para><action>List &Qt;-specific options</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <caution><para>The following &Qt; options have no effect on &konsole;: <informalexample> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>--fn</option>, <option>--font</option> <parameter>fontname</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Defines the application font</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--bg</option>, <option>--background</option> <parameter>color</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Sets the default background color</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--fg</option>, <option>--foreground</option> <parameter>color</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Sets the default foreground color</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--btn</option>, <option>--button</option> <parameter>color</parameter></term> <listitem><para><action>Sets the default button color</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </informalexample> </para></caution> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>--help-kde</option></term> <listitem><para><action>List &kde;-specific options</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--help-all</option></term> <listitem><para><action>List all options</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--author</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Show the authors' names</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-v,--version</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Show the version number</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--license</option></term> <listitem><para><action>Show license information</action></para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </chapter> <chapter id="scripting"> <title>Scripting &konsole;</title> <para>For &kde; 4, the old &DCOP; has been replaced with &DBus;. &konsole; does support numerous methods that can be used with &DBus;. </para> <para>There are two ways to use the &DBus; interface: &Qt;'s &GUI; <application>qdbusviewer</application> and the command line <application>qdbus</application>. </para> <para> Examples: <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'> <listitem><para> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>qdbus</command> will display all services available. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>qdbus</command> <option>org.kde.konsole</option> will display the &DBus; interface for &konsole;. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>qdbus</command> <option>org.kde.konsole /Konsole</option> will display methods for controlling the main &konsole; window. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>qdbus</command> <option>org.kde.konsole /Sessions/1</option> will display methods for session 1. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <para> If you start &konsole; from a terminal you may need to change <option>org.kde.konsole</option> to <option>org.kde.konsole-`pidof -s konsole`</option>. </para> <para> For more information, please visit <ulink url="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/D-Bus/Introduction">&DBus; tutorial</ulink>. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and Copyright</title> <para>&konsole; is currently maintained by &Robert.Knight; &Robert.Knight.mail;</para> <para>Previous &konsole; maintainers include: &Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail; and &Waldo.Bastian; &Waldo.Bastian.mail;</para> <para>The application &konsole; Copyright © 1997-2008 &Lars.Doelle; &Lars.Doelle.mail;</para> <para>This document was written by &Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</para> <para>This document was updated for &kde; 3.4 by &Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;</para> <para>This document was updated for &kde; 4.1 by &Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;</para> <para>Originally converted to DocBook <acronym>SGML</acronym> by &Mike.McBride; and &Lauri.Watts;</para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> <appendix id="links"> <title>Links</title> <para>For more information please visit these websites:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://konsole.kde.org/">&konsole;'s homepage</ulink></para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/konsole-devel">&konsole;'s mailing list</ulink></para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://freebsd.kde.org/">&kde; on FreeBSD</ulink></para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://solaris.kde.org/">&kde; on &Solaris;</ulink></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </appendix> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t sgml-general-insert-case: lower End: -->
