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<bookinfo>
<title>The &konsole; Handbook</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>&Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</author>
<author>&Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;</author>

<othercredit role="developer">
&Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;
</othercredit>

<othercredit role="developer">
&Waldo.Bastian; &Waldo.Bastian.mail;
<!-- <contrib>Maintainer</contrib> -->
</othercredit>

<othercredit role="reviewer">
&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;
<!-- <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> -->
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<copyright>
<year>2000</year><year>2001</year><year>2002</year>
<holder>&Jonathan.Singer;</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>2005</year>
<holder>&Kurt.Hindenburg;</holder>
</copyright>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<date>2006-08-16</date>
<releaseinfo>1.6.2</releaseinfo>

<abstract><para>This document is the user handbook for the &konsole;
 application.</para>
<para>&konsole; is an X terminal emulator for &kde;.</para></abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>konsole</keyword>
<keyword>tdebase</keyword>
<keyword>command</keyword>
<keyword>line</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction to &konsole;</title>

<sect1 id="terminal">
<title>What is a terminal?</title>
<para>&UNIX; operating systems were
originally designed as text-only systems, controlled by keyboard
commands -- what is known as a command-line interface
(<acronym>CLI</acronym>). The &X-Window; and &kde; and other projects
have since added the graphical interface you are now using. However,
the underlying <acronym>CLI</acronym> system is still there, and is
frequently the easiest, fastest and most powerful way to perform many
tasks.</para>
<para>&konsole; is what is known as an X terminal
emulator, often referred to as a terminal or a shell. It gives you the
equivalent of an old-fashioned text screen on your desktop, but one
which can easily share the screen with your graphical
applications. &Windows; users may be familiar with the 
<application>MS-DOS Prompt</application> utility, which has the analogous 
function of offering a <trademark>DOS</trademark> command-line under
&Windows;. (Although the &UNIX; <acronym>CLI</acronym>s offer far more
power and ease of use than does <acronym>DOS</acronym>!)</para>

<para>Explaining the use of the &UNIX; <acronym>CLI</acronym> is
beyond the scope of this document, as it would require a lengthy
book. Fortunately, many such books are available in every language in
any good bookstore or library. There are also tutorials available on
the Internet. Enjoy &kde;, but don't be shy about learning to use the
command-line! You will find that even learning just the basics will
make your computer use much more efficient and enjoyable.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="features">
<title>What makes &konsole; special?</title>
<para>&konsole;'s
advanced features include simple configuration and the ability to use
multiple terminal shells in a single window, making for a less
cluttered desktop.</para>

<para>Using &konsole;, a user can open:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>&Linux; console sessions</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Shell sessions</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><application>Screen</application> sessions</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><application>Midnight Commander</application> file manager
sessions</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><systemitem class="username">Root</systemitem> console
 sessions</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><systemitem class="username">Root</systemitem>
 <application>Midnight Commander</application> sessions</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>User created sessions</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>These sessions can be renamed to help you keep track of all your shells,
or signaled (<errorcode>STOP</errorcode>, <errorcode>CONT</errorcode>,
<errorcode>HUP</errorcode>, <errorcode>INT</errorcode>,
<errorcode>TERM</errorcode>, <errorcode>KILL</errorcode>).</para>

<para>For more control over &konsole;, a user can:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>hide/show the menubar and/or
frame</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>select the size of a &konsole; window, fonts, color
schemes, and key mapping</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>change location of the scrollbar or hide the
scrollbar</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>change location of the tabbar or hide the
tabbar</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>All chosen settings can be made the default for forthcoming sessions by
saving them.</para>

<para>For those with a deep interest in the taxonomy of free X
terminals, there are two others of this kind:
<application>xterm</application>, the original, written even before X
itself (a month or two), and <application>xvt</application>, a
lightweight <application>xterm</application> clone, on which most
other currently available derivatives (notably
<application>eterm</application>) are based.</para>

<para>After a decade, &konsole; is the first rewrite from the ground
up. While <application>xterm</application> has definitely been hacked
to death (its <filename>README</filename> begins with the words
<quote>Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here</quote>), &konsole; offers
a fresh start using contemporary technologies and understanding of
X.</para>

</sect1>
</chapter>

<chapter id="use-of-konsole">
<title>Use of &konsole;</title>

<sect1 id="startup">
<title>Startup</title>

<para>When &konsole; is started, an application (typically a &UNIX;
shell) runs in the window. Simply type at the prompt.</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&konsole; Screen</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="konsole.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>&konsole; Screen</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>&konsole; with 4 
terminal sessions open.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>A <quote>Tip of the Day</quote> window may also appear on
startup, offering hints on the use of &konsole;. If you do not wish to
receive tips, uncheck the <guilabel>Show tips on startup</guilabel>
box.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="history-option">
<title>History</title>

<para>As lines 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 (provided the <link
linkend="settings-menu">History</link> option is on).</para>

<para>In addition, &konsole; mimics the FreeBSD console when
<keycap>scroll lock</keycap> is pressed. When scroll lock is on,
ordinary in- and output from the shell is suspended, and you can
scroll through the history with <keycap>Page Up</keycap>, <keycap>Page
Down</keycap>, and <keycap>Up Arrow</keycap> and <keycap>Down
Arrow</keycap>.</para>

<para>&konsole;'s history can be configured via
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>History...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</para>

<para>&konsole; provides a number of history related actions located in the 
<link linkend="edit-menu">Edit</link> menu.
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Find in History...</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Find Previous</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Save History As...</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Clear History</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Clear All Histories</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<note><para>In &konsole;, references to history are to 
the text that is displayed in &konsole;'s window.
The shell that is running in &konsole; (e.g. bash) also
has a <quote>history</quote> which is unrelated to &konsole;'s
history.</para></note>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="sessions">
<title>Sessions</title>
<para>If you often have to log into remote machines, or always run a similar set of
terminal applications, you can use &konsole;'s <quote>Session</quote> feature
along with &kde;'s session management to automate a lot of this for you.
Let's take the following example:
You often have open an <application>ssh</application> session to the machine
<replaceable>administration</replaceable> ready for generic administration
tasks.
You may have noticed the <guibutton>New Session</guibutton> button on &konsole;'s tab
bar contains a menu if you click and hold on it, and you can choose new session
types here. We are going to add new entries to this menu.

<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>Click on the menu entry <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &konsole;...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Choose the <guilabel>Session</guilabel> tab.</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 lower part of the panel, configure this
session's appearance.  You can have a different font, colour scheme,
and $<envar>TERM</envar> type for each session.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Press the <guibutton>Save
Session...</guibutton> button.  A dialog will ask you to confirm the filename.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para></listitem>

</orderedlist>
</para>
<para>You should now be able to press and hold the <guibutton>New Session</guibutton> button
on the tab bar, and select your new session type from the list.  A new shell
session will open within the &konsole; window, with the result of your executed
command.  In our example, you will be at an <application>ssh</application>
passphrase prompt, and when you provide your passphrase, you will be logged
into the remote machine.
<footnote id="use-ssh-agent"><para>You can avoid this step also, by using
ssh-agent, but that is a topic for another goodie.</para></footnote>
Perhaps you want to remotely tail your <acronym>http</acronym> error logs on a
webserver, you could use a commandline something like
<userinput><command>ssh</command> <option>-f</option>
<replaceable>webserver</replaceable> <command>tail</command>
<option>-f</option>
<filename><replaceable>/var/log/httpd-error.log</replaceable></filename></userinput>.</para>

<para>You can use this to execute local commands as well.  Try creating a
session where the command is <userinput><command>tail</command> <option>-f</option> <filename><replaceable>/var/log/messages</replaceable></filename></userinput>. <!--or 'screen
<someone who uses screen please supply some sensible command switches here, say -->
<!--to attach to an irc session>'. -->  In this case, exiting the
running application will close the shell session as well.</para>

<para>One really nice use of this feature is if you find you always have the
same set of open sessions, &kde; can open them all for you automatically
when you start a new &kde; session.  Simply have them open as you like
when you exit &kde;, and they will be saved with your &kde; session, and
restored just like any other application when you restart &kde;.</para>

<note><para>You can assign 
<link linkend="settings-menu">shortcuts</link> 
to any session.</para></note>

</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>The items that appear in the menu when the &RMB;
is pressed depend on whether the menubar is visible.</para>

<para>Menubar is visible:
<guimenuitem>Set Selection End</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Send Signal</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Detach Session</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Rename Session...</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Bookmarks</guimenuitem>
and <guimenuitem>Close Session</guimenuitem>
menu items.</para>

<para>Menubar is hidden:
<guimenuitem>Show Menubar</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Set Selection End</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Send Signal</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>New Session</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Detach Session</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Rename Session...</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Bookmarks</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem>
and <guimenuitem>Close Session</guimenuitem>
menu items.</para>

<para>In a mouse-aware application, press the &Shift; key along with the
&RMB; to get the pop-up menu.
</para>

<para>Pressing the &Ctrl; key and &RMB; brings up the 
<guimenu>Session</guimenu> menu.
</para>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="menubar">
<title>Menu Bar</title>

<para>The menubar is at the top of the &konsole; window.
The menubar can be activated and deactivated by the 
<keycombo>&Alt;</keycombo> key.</para>
<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Hide
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>


<sect2 id="session-menu">
<title><guimenu>Session</guimenu> Menu</title>

<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 &amp; 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 &kde;
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>$KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.keytab</filename>. The file
<filename>$KDEDIR/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>$KDEDIR/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>$KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.schema</filename>. The file
<filename>$KDEDIR/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...</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 &kde;
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 &amp; 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>&percnt;</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>&percnt;</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 &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>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="dcop">
<title>&DCOP;</title>

<para>For an introduction to 
&DCOP; and using <command>dcop</command> please look at
<ulink url="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/kde-diy.html#dcop">the User Guide entry on &DCOP;</ulink>.
</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<chapter id="credits">
<title>Credits and Copyright</title>

<para>As of &kde; 3.4, &konsole; is maintained by &Kurt.Hindenburg; &Kurt.Hindenburg.mail;</para>

<para>Previously, &konsole; was maintained by &Waldo.Bastian; &Waldo.Bastian.mail;</para>

<para>The application &konsole; Copyright &copy; 1997-2005
&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>Originally converted to DocBook <acronym>SGML</acronym> by
&Mike.McBride; and &Lauri.Watts;</para>

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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/">&kde; on 
FreeBSD</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://solaris.kde.org/">&kde; on &Solaris;</ulink></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</appendix>

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