Konsole

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Konsole ist der Terminal Emulator für KDE

Merkmale

X Terminal Emulator
Erleichtert das Arbeiten in der Kommandozeile
Verwende verschiedene Profile für verschiedene Aufgaben.
Begrenze die Anzahl der Zeilen, die man zurückblättern kann, und speichere die Ausgaben in eine Datei.
Klicke auf Link, um sie im Standard-Browser zu öffnen.
Öffne den aktuellen Pfad im Dateimanager.
Der Hintergrund kann transparent gemacht werden, sofern Desktop-Effekte aktiviert sind.

Konsole is an X terminal emulator for the KDE platform, allowing users to have a convenient way to use the command line. Aside from providing a way to use a powerful shell, Konsole also offers features that make it easier or more pleasurable to work in the command line, such as profile management, scrollback, and color schemes, including translucency for effects.

Konsole also provides an embedded KPart terminal which is used by apps such as Yakuake, Dolphin, and Kate, giving users a consistent and familiar interface when working in the command line.

Tutorials and Tips

Language

With Konsole you can change the language to plain English (to see bugs info for example) by command:

export LANG=C

Shortcuts

Switch tab: Shift + Left, Shift + Right (not like X-Chat, Firefox, Quanta, Kdevelop). Note that Quanta and Kdevelop use Alt + Left, Alt + Right. However, Shift + Direction has the advantage of being reachable with one hand on virtually all keyboard layouts, while Alt keys are sometimes only on the left of the keyboard (e.g. in Germany).
New tab: Shift + Ctrl + T.

Label your Tabs

If you regularly use a lot of tabs, you'll sometimes find it convenient to label them. Just double-click on the tab and you'll get a re-name dialogue.

Profile Management

To add a new profile go to Settings -> Profile Management -> New Profile
On the General tab, enter the new profile name and change the icon if desired.
If this is to be a root konsole, enter the command

/bin/su -

This command will not work on any distro that uses sudo (like Ubuntu). On such distributions use:

sudo su

or just prepend all your commands that requires superuser privileges with sudo.

Font size can also be changed on the Appearance tab.

On the Manage Profiles screen you can add or remove a star, which controls whether that profile is to be offered on the File menu.

Related Sites

Home Page
Konsole Handbook

Keywords

Terminal emulator, command line, CLI, shell