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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kappname "&konsole;">
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<!ENTITY package "tdebase">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE">
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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]>
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &konsole; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</author>
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<author>&Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;</author>
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<othercredit role="developer">
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&Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;
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</othercredit>
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<othercredit role="developer">
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&Waldo.Bastian; &Waldo.Bastian.mail;
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<!-- <contrib>Maintainer</contrib> -->
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</othercredit>
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<othercredit role="reviewer">
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&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;
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<!-- <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> -->
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</othercredit>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<copyright>
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<year>2000</year><year>2001</year><year>2002</year>
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<holder>&Jonathan.Singer;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>2005</year>
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<holder>&Kurt.Hindenburg;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<date>2006-08-16</date>
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<releaseinfo>1.6.2</releaseinfo>
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<abstract><para>This document is the user handbook for the &konsole;
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application.</para>
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<para>&konsole; is an X terminal emulator for &tde;.</para></abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>konsole</keyword>
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<keyword>tdebase</keyword>
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<keyword>command</keyword>
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<keyword>line</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction to &konsole;</title>
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<sect1 id="terminal">
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<title>What is a terminal?</title>
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<para>&UNIX; operating systems were
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originally designed as text-only systems, controlled by keyboard
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commands -- mdash; what is known as a command-line interface
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(<acronym>CLI</acronym>). The &X-Window; and &tde; and other projects
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have since added the graphical interface you are now using. However,
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the underlying <acronym>CLI</acronym> system is still there, and is
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frequently the easiest, fastest and most powerful way to perform many
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tasks.</para>
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<para>&konsole; is what is known as an X terminal
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emulator, often referred to as a terminal or a shell. It gives you the
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equivalent of an old-fashioned text screen on your desktop, but one
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which can easily share the screen with your graphical
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applications. &Windows; users may be familiar with the
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<application>MS-DOS Prompt</application> utility, which has the analogous
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function of offering a <trademark>DOS</trademark> command-line under
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&Windows;. (Although the &UNIX; <acronym>CLI</acronym>s offer far more
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power and ease of use than does <acronym>DOS</acronym>!)</para>
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<para>Explaining the use of the &UNIX; <acronym>CLI</acronym> is
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beyond the scope of this document, as it would require a lengthy
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book. Fortunately, many such books are available in every language in
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any good bookstore or library. There are also tutorials available on
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the Internet. Enjoy &tde;, but don't be shy about learning to use the
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command-line! You will find that even learning just the basics will
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make your computer use much more efficient and enjoyable.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="features">
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<title>What makes &konsole; special?</title>
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<para>&konsole;'s
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advanced features include simple configuration and the ability to use
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multiple terminal shells in a single window, making for a less
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cluttered desktop.</para>
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<para>Using &konsole;, a user can open:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>&Linux; console sessions</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Shell sessions</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>Screen</application> sessions</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>Midnight Commander</application> file manager
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sessions</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><systemitem class="username">Root</systemitem> console
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sessions</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><systemitem class="username">Root</systemitem>
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<application>Midnight Commander</application> sessions</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>User created sessions</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>These sessions can be renamed to help you keep track of all your shells,
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or signaled (<errorcode>STOP</errorcode>, <errorcode>CONT</errorcode>,
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<errorcode>HUP</errorcode>, <errorcode>INT</errorcode>,
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<errorcode>TERM</errorcode>, <errorcode>KILL</errorcode>).</para>
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<para>For more control over &konsole;, a user can:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>hide/show the menubar and/or
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frame</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>select the size of a &konsole; window, fonts, color
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schemes, and key mapping</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>change location of the scrollbar or hide the
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scrollbar</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>change location of the tabbar or hide the
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tabbar</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>All chosen settings can be made the default for forthcoming sessions by
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saving them.</para>
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<para>For those with a deep interest in the taxonomy of free X
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terminals, there are two others of this kind:
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<application>xterm</application>, the original, written even before X
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itself (a month or two), and <application>xvt</application>, a
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lightweight <application>xterm</application> clone, on which most
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other currently available derivatives (notably
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<application>eterm</application>) are based.</para>
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<para>After a decade, &konsole; is the first rewrite from the ground
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up. While <application>xterm</application> has definitely been hacked
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to death (its <filename>README</filename> begins with the words
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<quote>Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here</quote>), &konsole; offers
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a fresh start using contemporary technologies and understanding of
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X.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="use-of-konsole">
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<title>Use of &konsole;</title>
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<sect1 id="startup">
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<title>Startup</title>
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<para>When &konsole; is started, an application (typically a &UNIX;
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shell) runs in the window. Simply type at the prompt.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>&konsole; Screen</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="konsole.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&konsole; Screen</phrase>
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</textobject>
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<caption><para>&konsole; with 4
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terminal sessions open.</para></caption>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>A <quote>Tip of the Day</quote> window may also appear on
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startup, offering hints on the use of &konsole;. If you do not wish to
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receive tips, uncheck the <guilabel>Show tips on startup</guilabel>
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box.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="history-option">
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<title>History</title>
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<para>As lines scroll off the top of the screen, they can be reviewed
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by moving the scroll bar upwards, scrolling with a mouse wheel or through
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the use of the <keycombo
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action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Page Up</keycap></keycombo> (to move
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back a page), <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Page
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Down</keycap></keycombo> (to move forward a page), <keycombo
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action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Up Arrow</keycap></keycombo> (to move up a
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line) and <keycombo
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action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Down Arrow</keycap></keycombo> (to move down a
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line) keys (provided the <link
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linkend="settings-menu">History</link> option is on).</para>
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<para>In addition, &konsole; mimics the FreeBSD console when
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<keycap>scroll lock</keycap> is pressed. When scroll lock is on,
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ordinary in- and output from the shell is suspended, and you can
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scroll through the history with <keycap>Page Up</keycap>, <keycap>Page
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Down</keycap>, and <keycap>Up Arrow</keycap> and <keycap>Down
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Arrow</keycap>.</para>
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<para>&konsole;'s history can be configured via
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>History...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</para>
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<para>&konsole; provides a number of history related actions located in the
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<link linkend="edit-menu">Edit</link> menu.
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><guimenuitem>Find in History...</guimenuitem></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guimenuitem>Find Previous</guimenuitem></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guimenuitem>Save History As...</guimenuitem></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guimenuitem>Clear History</guimenuitem></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guimenuitem>Clear All Histories</guimenuitem></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<note><para>In &konsole;, references to history are to
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the text that is displayed in &konsole;'s window.
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The shell that is running in &konsole; (e.g. bash) also
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has a <quote>history</quote> which is unrelated to &konsole;'s
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history.</para></note>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="sessions">
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<title>Sessions</title>
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<para>If you often have to log into remote machines, or always run a similar set of
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terminal applications, you can use &konsole;'s <quote>Session</quote> feature
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along with &tde;'s session management to automate a lot of this for you.
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Let's take the following example:
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You often have open an <application>ssh</application> session to the machine
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<replaceable>administration</replaceable> ready for generic administration
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tasks.
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You may have noticed the <guibutton>New Session</guibutton> button on &konsole;'s tab
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bar contains a menu if you click and hold on it, and you can choose new session
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types here. We are going to add new entries to this menu.
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>Click on the menu entry <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &konsole;...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Choose the <guilabel>Session</guilabel> tab.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fill in the first entry with a name. This is the
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name that will show in the menu, and will be the default label instead
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of <guilabel>Shell</guilabel> when you start a session of this type.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Enter a command just as you normally would if you opened a new
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shell and were going to issue that command. For our first example above, you
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might type <userinput><command>ssh</command> <replaceable>administration</replaceable></userinput>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>On the lower part of the panel, configure this
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session's appearance. You can have a different font, colour scheme,
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and $<envar>TERM</envar> type for each session.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Press the <guibutton>Save
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Session...</guibutton> button. A dialog will ask you to confirm the filename.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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<para>You should now be able to press and hold the <guibutton>New Session</guibutton> button
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on the tab bar, and select your new session type from the list. A new shell
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session will open within the &konsole; window, with the result of your executed
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command. In our example, you will be at an <application>ssh</application>
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passphrase prompt, and when you provide your passphrase, you will be logged
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into the remote machine.
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<footnote id="use-ssh-agent"><para>You can avoid this step also, by using
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ssh-agent, but that is a topic for another goodie.</para></footnote>
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Perhaps you want to remotely tail your <acronym>http</acronym> error logs on a
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webserver, you could use a commandline something like
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<userinput><command>ssh</command> <option>-f</option>
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<replaceable>webserver</replaceable> <command>tail</command>
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<option>-f</option>
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<filename><replaceable>/var/log/httpd-error.log</replaceable></filename></userinput>.</para>
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<para>You can use this to execute local commands as well. Try creating a
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session where the command is <userinput><command>tail</command> <option>-f</option> <filename><replaceable>/var/log/messages</replaceable></filename></userinput>. <!--or 'screen
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<someone who uses screen please supply some sensible command switches here, say -->
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<!--to attach to an irc session>'. --> In this case, exiting the
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running application will close the shell session as well.</para>
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<para>One really nice use of this feature is if you find you always have the
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same set of open sessions, &tde; can open them all for you automatically
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when you start a new &tde; session. Simply have them open as you like
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when you exit &tde;, and they will be saved with your &tde; session, and
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restored just like any other application when you restart &tde;.</para>
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<note><para>You can assign
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<link linkend="settings-menu">shortcuts</link>
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to any session.</para></note>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="mousebuttons">
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<title>Mouse Buttons</title>
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<para>This section details the use of the mouse buttons for the common
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right handed mouse button order.
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For the left handed mouse button order, swap left and right in the text below.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Left</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para> All &LMB; clicks will be sent to a mouse-aware
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application running in &konsole;.
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If an application will react on mouse clicks, &konsole;
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indicates this by showing an arrow cursor. If not, an I-beam (bar)
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cursor is shown.</para>
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<para>Holding the &LMB; down and
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dragging the mouse over the screen with a mouse-unaware application
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running will mark a region of the text. While dragging, the marked
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text is displayed reversed for visual feedback. Select <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>
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from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu to copy the marked text to the clipboard for further use
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within &konsole; or another application. The selected text can also be
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dragged and dropped into compatible applications. Click on the selected
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text and drag it to the desired location. Depending on your &tde; settings,
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you may need to hold the &Ctrl; key while dragging.</para>
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<para>Normally, new-line characters are inserted at the end of each
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line selected. This is best for cut and paste of source code, or the output
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of a particular command. For ordinary text, the line breaks are often
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not important. One might prefer, however, for the text to be a stream
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of characters that will be automatically re-formatted when pasted into
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another application. To select in text-stream mode, hold down the
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&Ctrl; key while selecting normally.</para>
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<para>Pressing the &Ctrl; and &Alt; keys along with the &LMB;
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will select a column of text.
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</para>
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<para>Double-click with the &LMB; to select a word;
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triple-click to select an entire line.</para>
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<para>If the upper or lower edge of the text area is touched while
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marking, &konsole; scrolls up or down, eventually exposing text within
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the history buffer. The scrolling stops when the mouse stops
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moving.</para>
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<para>After the mouse is released, &konsole; attempts to keep the text
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in the clipboard visible by holding the marked area reversed. The
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marked area reverts back to normal as soon as the contents of the
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clipboard change, the text within the marked area is altered or the
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&LMB; is clicked.</para>
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<para>To mark text on a mouse-aware application (Midnight Commander, for example)
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the &Shift; key has to be pressed when clicking.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Pressing the &MMB;
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pastes text currently in the clipboard. Holding down the &Ctrl; key as you
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press the &MMB; pastes the text and sends
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it to &konsole;.</para>
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<note><para>If you have a mouse with only two buttons, pressing both
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the &LMB; and &RMB;
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together emulates the
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&MMB;
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of a three button mouse.</para></note>
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<para>If you have a <mousebutton>wheel</mousebutton> as the middle button,
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rolling it in a mouse-unaware program will move &konsole;'s scrollbar.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Right</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The items that appear in the menu when the &RMB;
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is pressed depend on whether the menubar is visible.</para>
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<para>Menubar is visible:
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<guimenuitem>Set Selection End</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Send Signal</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Detach Session</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Rename Session...</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Bookmarks</guimenuitem>
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and <guimenuitem>Close Session</guimenuitem>
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menu items.</para>
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<para>Menubar is hidden:
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<guimenuitem>Show Menubar</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Set Selection End</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Send Signal</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>New Session</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Detach Session</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Rename Session...</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Bookmarks</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem>
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and <guimenuitem>Close Session</guimenuitem>
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menu items.</para>
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<para>In a mouse-aware application, press the &Shift; key along with the
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&RMB; to get the pop-up menu.
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</para>
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<para>Pressing the &Ctrl; key and &RMB; brings up the
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<guimenu>Session</guimenu> menu.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="menubar">
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<title>Menu Bar</title>
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<para>The menubar is at the top of the &konsole; window.
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The menubar can be activated and deactivated by the
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<keycombo>&Alt;</keycombo> key.</para>
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<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Hide
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Menubar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> allows the menubar to be hidden. When
|
|
the menubar is hidden, <guimenuitem>Show Menubar</guimenuitem> can be
|
|
reached by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking in the
|
|
window or by <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo>, which is the default shortcut for activating the menubar.
|
|
The menubar can also be toggled by assigning it a shortcut.</para>
|
|
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<sect2 id="session-menu">
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|
<title><guimenu>Session</guimenu> Menu</title>
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|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu><guimenuitem>New
|
|
Shell</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open a new session</action> with a terminal
|
|
shell. <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo> can also be used, as described in more detail below.
|
|
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu><guimenuitem>New
|
|
Window</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open a new &konsole; window</action>.
|
|
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Linux
|
|
Console</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open a new session emulating a text-only &Linux;
|
|
system</action>.</para>
|
|
<note><para>See the file <filename>README.linux.console</filename> in
|
|
the &konsole; source package for detailed information on how the &Linux;
|
|
console differs from a typical &UNIX; console. If this doesn't mean anything
|
|
to you, you almost certainly don't need to worry about it.</para></note>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Midnight
|
|
Commander</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open a new session</action> with the
|
|
<application>Midnight
|
|
Commander</application> file browser.</para>
|
|
<note><para>This menu entry will only be visible if Midnight Commander
|
|
(<command>mc</command>) is installed on your system.
|
|
</para></note>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>New Root Midnight Commander</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>Open a new session</action> with the <application>Midnight
|
|
Commander</application> file browser, as the <systemitem
|
|
class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>After being prompted for the <systemitem
|
|
class="username">root</systemitem> password, the <prompt>#</prompt>
|
|
prompt appears under the browser window, indicating that the user is
|
|
working with <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
|
|
privileges. Again, working as <systemitem
|
|
class="username">root</systemitem> is frequently necessary but care
|
|
should be taken to avoid accidental damage.</para>
|
|
|
|
<note><para>This menu entry will only be visible if Midnight Commander
|
|
(<command>mc</command>) is installed on your system.
|
|
</para></note>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>New Root Shell</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>Open a new session with a terminal shell</action>, as the
|
|
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>After being prompted for the <systemitem
|
|
class="username">root</systemitem> password, the <prompt>#</prompt>
|
|
prompt appears, indicating that the user is working with <systemitem
|
|
class="username">root</systemitem> privileges. This is frequently
|
|
necessary for installing new software and other system maintenance, but
|
|
care should be taken to avoid accidental damage.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu><guimenuitem>New
|
|
Screen Session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open a new session</action> with the
|
|
<application>Screen</application> virtual terminal manager.
|
|
See <userinput><command>man</command> <option>screen</option>
|
|
</userinput>for more information.
|
|
<note><para>This menu entry will only be visible if Screen
|
|
(<command>screen</command>) is installed on your system.</para></note>
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>New Shell at Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start</action> a new terminal shell, in a folder
|
|
chosen from the bookmark list.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Print Screen...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Print</action> the current screen.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Close Session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Close</action> the current session.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Session</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Quit</action> &konsole;, closing all sessions and any
|
|
applications launched from them.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can also open a new session with a key shortcut. By default,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
|
|
is used. You can also define your own key shortcuts through the
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu command.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The list of available sessions will reflect what programs are
|
|
installed along with any user defined sessions.
|
|
The session list will be alphabetized for quick viewing.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Finally, note that the session types can be modified, and new
|
|
types created, by using the configuration dialog, reached from the
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure Konsole...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
|
|
menu entry.</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="edit-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Copy the selected text to the clipboard</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Insert</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste
|
|
</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Paste text from the clipboard at the cursor
|
|
location</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Send Signal</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Send Signal - Send the specified signal to the shell
|
|
process, or other process, that was launched when the new session was
|
|
started</action>.</para><para>Currently available signals are:</para>
|
|
|
|
<informaltable>
|
|
<tgroup cols="2">
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>STOP</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>to stop process</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>CONT</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>continue if stopped</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>HUP</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>hangup detected on controlling terminal, or death of controlling
|
|
process</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>INT</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>interrupt from keyboard</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>TERM</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>termination signal</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>KILL</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>kill signal</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>USR1</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>user signal 1</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
<row>
|
|
<entry><errorcode>USR2</errorcode></entry>
|
|
<entry>user signal 2</entry>
|
|
</row>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</tgroup>
|
|
</informaltable>
|
|
|
|
<para>Refer to your system manual pages for further details by giving the
|
|
command <userinput><command>man</command> <option>7
|
|
signal</option></userinput>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>ZModem Upload...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Send a file via ZModem</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Clear all text from the session window</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Reset & Clear Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Reset and clear the session window</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
|
|
in History...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Find a word or string of text</action> in the current
|
|
history. Options allow case sensitive or backwards searches, and the use of regular
|
|
expressions in searches. Press the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button to use the &tde;
|
|
graphical editor to create a regular expression.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
|
|
Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Move to the next instance of the
|
|
text for which you are searching</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
|
|
Previous</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Move to the previous instance of the
|
|
text for which you are searching</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save
|
|
History As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Save the current history</action> as a text
|
|
file.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear
|
|
History
|
|
</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Clear the history for the current
|
|
session</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear All
|
|
Histories
|
|
</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Clear the history
|
|
for all sessions</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="view-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Detach
|
|
Session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open the current session in a
|
|
separate window</action>. The name of the session is
|
|
displayed on the titlebar of the new window.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Rename
|
|
Session...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open a dialog box allowing you to change
|
|
the name of the current session</action>. The name is displayed
|
|
on the session tab. <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo> can also be used.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Monitor for
|
|
Activity</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Flag the current session so it will show
|
|
an alert if activity occurs</action>. An icon of a lit light bulb will
|
|
appear in the session's tab. Use this to alert you if something
|
|
happens while you are working in another session. The time before an alert can be
|
|
modified in the &konsole; preferences.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Monitor for
|
|
Silence</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Flag the current session so it will show an alert
|
|
if no activity occurs for 10 seconds</action>. An icon of a dark light bulb will
|
|
appear in the session's tab. Use this to alert you if a task stops
|
|
while you are working in another session. The time before an alert can be
|
|
modified in the &konsole; preferences.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send
|
|
Input to All Sessions</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Flag the current session so any commands entered
|
|
into it will be sent to all sessions</action>. The session will have a small
|
|
icon in its tab to remind you to be careful of what you enter!
|
|
<userinput><command>rm</command> <parameter>-rf *</parameter></userinput>,
|
|
for instance, is probably not a good idea.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Left</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Move
|
|
Session Left</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Move the tab of the current session one tab to the
|
|
left</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Right</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Move
|
|
Session Right</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Move the tab of the current session one tab to the
|
|
right</action>.</para>
|
|
<para><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Shift; <keycap>Left</keycap></keycombo> and <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Shift; <keycap>Right</keycap></keycombo> can be also
|
|
be used to move between sessions.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Session icons...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>At the bottom of the menu is a list of the available
|
|
sessions. Selecting one makes that session active.</para><para>You can also use
|
|
the <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Left</keycap></keycombo>/<keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Right</keycap></keycombo> keys to
|
|
cycle through the available sessions.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="bookmarks-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Add the current location</action> to the bookmark list.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Edit</action> the bookmark list.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Bookmark Folder...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Add a new folder</action> to the bookmark list.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>The bookmark list is displayed at the bottom of the menu. Select a bookmark to change to
|
|
that location.</para>
|
|
|
|
<note><para>You can use the bookmark editor to manually add URLs
|
|
like ssh://user@host or telnet://host to open remote connections.</para></note>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="settings-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Hide
|
|
Menubar</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Hide the menubar</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Tab Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Control visibility/location of tabbar</action>:
|
|
<guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Top</guimenuitem>, or
|
|
<guimenuitem>Bottom</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Scrollbar</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Control visibility/location of scrollbar</action>:
|
|
<guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Left</guimenuitem>, or
|
|
<guimenuitem>Right</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Full Screen Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Toggle window between full-screen and normal
|
|
size</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Bell</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Set the bell</action>:
|
|
<guimenuitem>System Bell</guimenuitem>,
|
|
<guimenuitem>System Notification</guimenuitem>,
|
|
<guimenuitem>Visible Bell</guimenuitem>, or
|
|
<guimenuitem>None</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Font</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Set font size</action>:
|
|
<guimenuitem>Enlarge Font</guimenuitem> or
|
|
<guimenuitem>Shrink Font</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>Use the <guimenuitem>Select...</guimenuitem> option to pick any
|
|
combination of font, size and style.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Encoding</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Select character encoding</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Keyboard</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Choose desired keymapping</action>.</para>
|
|
<para>The list of these keymappings is taken from
|
|
<filename>$TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.keytab</filename>. The file
|
|
<filename>$TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.KeyTab</filename>
|
|
describes the <literal role="extension">*.keytab</literal> format in more detail.
|
|
Add to or modify these files to match your needs. The default keytab is taken from
|
|
<filename>$TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.default.Keytab</filename>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Schema</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Set colors of text and background</action>.</para>
|
|
<para>The list is taken from
|
|
<filename>$TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.schema</filename>. The file
|
|
<filename>$TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.Schema</filename>
|
|
describes the <literal role="extension">*.schema</literal> format in more detail.
|
|
Add to or modify these files to match your needs. You can also create custom
|
|
schemas through the preferences dialog at <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure &konsole;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Size</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Set size of text area (given in columns x
|
|
rows)</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>History...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><anchor id="configure-history"/><action>Open a dialog
|
|
where you can configure the history</action>. The
|
|
<guilabel>Enable</guilabel> check box toggles saving of lines that have
|
|
scrolled off the top of the window. You can enter the <guilabel>Number
|
|
of lines</guilabel> to remember in the text field, or use the spinner
|
|
buttons to increase or decrease the number in steps of 100 lines. The
|
|
<guibutton>Defaults</guibutton> button will reset the history to 1000
|
|
lines. Selecting <guibutton>Set Unlimited</guibutton> will cause all history to be saved.
|
|
Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to save your changes, or
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to close the dialog without saving your
|
|
settings.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save
|
|
as Default</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Save the current settings as the new
|
|
default</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save Sessions Profile...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Save the current set of sessions</action> under a name you choose.
|
|
The profile can then be used by starting &konsole; from the command-line with the
|
|
<parameter>--profile</parameter> and the name of the profile.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
|
|
Notifications...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Customize notifications for &konsole;</action>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
|
|
Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Customize keyboard shortcuts for &konsole; commands</action>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
|
|
&konsole;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open the &kcontrolcenter; module, allowing
|
|
many additional changes to &konsole;'s interface and behavior, including the creation
|
|
of custom schemas and modification of the available sessions</action>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="help-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Konsole
|
|
Handbook</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open the table of contents of this
|
|
document</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Tip of the Day</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Display a helpful tip about the use of &konsole;.
|
|
</action>Check the <guilabel>Show on start</guilabel> box to display a tip
|
|
each time &konsole; is started.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report
|
|
Bug/Request Enhancement...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Submit a bug report or a feature request</action> for
|
|
&konsole;.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>About
|
|
Konsole</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Information about</action> &konsole;'s
|
|
author</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>About
|
|
KDE</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Information about the &tde;
|
|
project</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="tabbar">
|
|
<title>Tab Bar</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>The tabbar allows multiple terminal sessions to be attached to a single &konsole; window.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Tabbar Image</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="tabbar.png" format="PNG"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Tabbar Image</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
<caption><para>&konsole; with 4 terminal sessions open with the tabbar on the bottom.</para></caption>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Tab
|
|
Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item allows the tabbar to be moved to
|
|
the <guimenuitem>Top</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Bottom</guimenuitem>.
|
|
The tabbar can also be hidden by selecting <guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>On the left side of the tabbar is a button which allows for a multitude of actions.
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para>Click on the button to start a new
|
|
standard session.</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Clicking and holding on the button will popup
|
|
a list of sessions to select.</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Right-clicking on the button (or any empty
|
|
space on the tabbar) will popup up a menu to set certain options:
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Tab Bar</guimenu>:
|
|
<guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem>,
|
|
<guimenuitem>Top</guimenuitem>,
|
|
<guimenuitem>Bottom</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Tab Options</guimenu>:
|
|
<guimenuitem>Text & Icons</guimenuitem>,
|
|
<guimenuitem>Text Only</guimenuitem>,
|
|
<guimenuitem>Icons Only</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenuitem>Dynamic Hide</guimenuitem>
|
|
will hide the tabbar when there is only one session opened.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenuitem>Auto Resize Tabs</guimenuitem>
|
|
will automatically resize the tabs to the width of the tabbar.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>On the right side of the tabbar is a button that closes
|
|
the current session. This button will be disabled when there
|
|
is only one session running.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Right-clicking on any tab will popup another menu:
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Detach Session</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Rename Session...</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Monitor for Activity</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Monitor for Silence</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Send Input to All Sessions</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Select Tab Color...</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Switch to Tab...</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guimenu>Close Session</guimenu></para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist></para>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 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>-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>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--keytab</option> <parameter>file</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole; using a specified .keytab
|
|
file</action> to customize key bindings.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--keytabs</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>List all of the available keytabs</action>.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--ls</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start with a login shell environment</action>.
|
|
What that does varies depending on your system, but generally it
|
|
means that files such as <filename>~/.profile</filename> or
|
|
<filename>~/.bash_profile</filename> will be read. (If that doesn't mean
|
|
anything to you, don't worry about it, but keep in the back of your mind
|
|
for when you realize you need it.)</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--name</option> <parameter>name</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Set the name that appears in the
|
|
titlebar</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--noclose</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Prevent &konsole; from closing</action> when an
|
|
<userinput><command>exit</command></userinput>
|
|
command is issued in the only session window.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--noframe</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole; without a
|
|
frame</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--nohist</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Disable the saving of lines</action>
|
|
that scroll off the top of the window.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--nomenubar</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole; with
|
|
the menubar hidden</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--noresize</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Disable the resizing</action>
|
|
of the terminal window.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--noscrollbar</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole; with
|
|
the scrollbar hidden</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--notabbar</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole;
|
|
with the tabbar hidden</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--noxft</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole; without Xft antialiasing</action>.
|
|
Antialiasing of a small font may be difficult to read.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--profile</option> <parameter>file</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole; using a saved set of sessions</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--profiles</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>List all of the available profiles.
|
|
</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--schema</option> <parameter>name</parameter> | <parameter>file</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start &konsole; using schema 'name' or specified in 'file'</action> to customize appearance.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--schemata</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>List all of the available schemata.
|
|
</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--script</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Enable extended &DCOP; &Qt; functions.
|
|
</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>-T</option> <parameter>title</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Set the window title</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--tn</option> <parameter>terminal</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Sets the environment variable TERM to the specified
|
|
value</action>. Read <userinput><command>man</command> <option>xterm</option>
|
|
</userinput> for more information on TERM.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--type</option> <parameter>type</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start a session of the given type</action>
|
|
rather than the default.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--types</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>List all of the available session types.
|
|
</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--vt_sz</option> <parameter>CCxLL</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Start a terminal window of CC Columns and LL
|
|
lines</action>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--workdir</option> <parameter>dir</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Open with</action>
|
|
<parameter>dir</parameter> as the working folder.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<informalexample>
|
|
<para>Examples:</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>konsole</command> <option>--vt_sz</option> <parameter>90x25</parameter> <option>--nohist</option></userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>Starts a &konsole; window with 90 columns and 25 rows, with no
|
|
history</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>konsole</command> <option>--noclose</option> <option>-e</option> <parameter>echo_args</parameter> <parameter>Hello, thanks for using &konsole;!</parameter></userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>Starts a &konsole; window with the text printed 'Hello, thanks for using &konsole;!'
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>The <parameter>echo_args</parameter> is a simple Bash script:
|
|
<programlisting>#!/bin/bash
|
|
echo $*</programlisting>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</informalexample>
|
|
|
|
<para>&konsole; also accepts generic &Qt; and &tde; options:</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--help-qt</option></term>
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<listitem><para><action>List &Qt;-specific options</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<caution><para>The following &Qt; options have no effect on &konsole;:
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<informalexample>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--fn</option>, <option>--font</option>
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<parameter>fontname</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Defines the application font</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--bg</option>, <option>--background</option>
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<parameter>color</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Sets the default background color</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--fg</option>, <option>--foreground</option>
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<parameter>color</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Sets the default foreground color</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--btn</option>, <option>--button</option>
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<parameter>color</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Sets the default button color</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</informalexample>
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</para></caution>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--help-kde</option></term>
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<listitem><para><action>List &tde;-specific options</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--help-all</option></term>
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<listitem><para><action>List all options</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--author</option></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Show the authors' names</action></para></listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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|
<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-v,--version</option></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Show the version number</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><option>--license</option></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Show license information</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
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|
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="dcop">
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<title>&DCOP;</title>
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<para>For an introduction to
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&DCOP; and using <command>dcop</command> please look at
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<ulink url="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/kde-diy.html#dcop">the User Guide entry on &DCOP;</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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|
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</chapter>
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|
|
|
<chapter id="credits">
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<title>Credits and Copyright</title>
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|
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<para>As of &tde; 3.4, &konsole; is maintained by &Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;</para>
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|
|
<para>Previously, &konsole; was maintained by &Waldo.Bastian; &Waldo.Bastian.mail;</para>
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|
|
|
<para>The application &konsole; Copyright © 1997-2005
|
|
&Lars.Doelle; &Lars.Doelle.mail;</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This document was written by &Jonathan.Singer;
|
|
&Jonathan.Singer.mail;</para>
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|
|
|
<para>This document was updated for &tde; 3.4 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 -->
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|
|
|
&underFDL;
|
|
&underGPL;
|
|
</chapter>
|
|
|
|
<appendix id="porting">
|
|
<title>&konsole; on non-&Linux; platforms</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>Information on building &konsole; on platforms other than &Linux;
|
|
is available in the <filename>README.ports</filename> file in the
|
|
&konsole; source package. It provides a list of experts for certain
|
|
platforms (Tru64, &Solaris;, OpenBSD) and requests volunteers from other
|
|
&UNIX; platforms.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>For more infomation please visit these websites:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://freebsd.kde.org/">&tde; on
|
|
FreeBSD</ulink></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://solaris.kde.org/">&tde; on &Solaris;</ulink></para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
</appendix>
|
|
|
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&documentation.index;
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</book>
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