Konsole

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KDE 3 / KDE 4 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+CRTL+N.

External links

KDE 3 Tips

Layout

With Konsole from CVS, you can remove every toolbar, frame and border with this command:

konsole --nomenubar --notoolbar --noscrollbar --noframe

Shortcuts

  • Menu : CTRL+ALT+m (not F11 or CTRL+F)
  • Mouse emulation (with the keyboard): ALT+F12

Session Profiles

  • If the screen is difficult to read, change the default profile:
  • Use Settings > Schema to change this to a display with greater contrast. White on Black is clearer than Linux Colors, or you may prefer Green on Black.
  • Transparent windows can be set, but they use more resources.
  • To add a new profile by simply starting a new session tab and editing it.
  • All the changes can be made from the Settings menu
  • Use a different font or encoding.
  • Set a new Schema to give visual differentiation
  • When the display is as you want it, Save Session Profile, giving it a distinctive name.
File:Konsole3profile.png
Editing a profile


KDE 4 Tips

  • 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

  • Font size can also be changed on the Appearance tab.
Editing a profile
  • 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.