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The Konsole Handbook

Jonathan Singer

Kurt Hindenburg

Ahmad Samir

developer: Robert Knight
developer: Kurt Hindenburg
developer: Waldo Bastian
reviewer: Mike McBride
Revision KDE Gear 24.05 (2024-04-23)

Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002 Jonathan Singer

Copyright © 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 Kurt Hindenburg

Copyright © 2018 Ahmad Samir

Konsole is KDE's terminal emulator.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
What is a terminal?
Scrollback
Selection Mode
Profiles
Mouse Buttons
Drag and Drop
Semantic Shell Integration
Complex Text Layout
Visual Hints
Container Awareness
Visual Indicators
Opening a Tab Inside a Container
Profile Settings
2. Command Reference
The Menubar
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Bookmarks Menu
Plugins Menu
Settings Menu
Help Menu
Konsole Dialogs
Configure Tab Settings Dialog
Copy Input Dialog
Adjust Scrollback Dialog
3. Command-line Options
4. Scripting Konsole
5. Terminal Key Bindings
How Konsole Uses Key Bindings
Introduction
Key Combinations and Modes
The Output Field
Other System Resources
Further Reading
6. Using Style Sheet for the Tab Bar
7. Did You Know?, Common Issues and More
Did You Know?
Common Issues
8. Credits and Copyright
A. Links