The K Desktop Environment

2.4. Menu Bar

The menubar is at the top of the Konsole window. It can be hidden and restored by toggling Show Menubar in the Settings menu. When the menubar is hidden, Show Menubar can be reached by right clicking in the window.

2.4.1. The File menu

File->Linux Console

Opens a new session emulating a text-only Linux system.

Note

See the file README.linux.console in the Konsole source package for detailed information on how the Linux console differs from a typical Unix console.

File->Midnight Commander

Opens a new session with the Midnight Commander graphical file browser

File->Shell

Opens a new session with a terminal shell

File->Root Console

Opens a new session with a terminal shell, as the root user.

After being prompted for the root password, the # prompt appears, indicating that the user is working with root privileges. This is frequently necessary for installing new software and other system maintenance, but care should be taken to avoid accidental damage.

File->Quit

Quits Konsole, closing all sessions and any applications launched from them.

2.4.2. The SessionsMenu

Sessions->Send Signal

Send Signal - Sends the specified signal to the shell process, or other process, that was launched when the new session was started.

Currently available signals are:

STOPto stop process
CONTcontinue if stopped
HUPhangup detected on controlling terminal, or death of controlling process
INTinterrupt from keyboard
TERMtermination signal
KILLkill signal

Refer to your system manual pages for further details by giving the command man 7 signal.

Sessions->Rename Session...

Changes the name of the active session

Sessions->Session icons...

At the bottom of the menu is a list of the available sessions. Selecting one makes that session active.

You can also use the Shift+Left/Shift+Right keys to cycle through the available sessions.

2.4.3. The Settings menu

Settings->Rename Session...

Changes the name of the active session

Settings->Show Menubar

Shows or hides the menubar

Settings->Show Toolbar

Shows or hides the toolbar

Settings->Show Frame

Shows or hides frame at side of window

Settings->Scrollbar

Controls location of scrollbar: none, left, or right

Settings->Fullscreen

Toggles window between full-screen and normal size

Settings->Size

Sets size of text area (given in columns x rows)

Settings->Fonts

Sets font and font size

Select the Custom option to use any combination of font, size and style. The README.fonts file in the Konsole source package gives tips on which fonts will work well.

Settings->Schema

Sets colors of text and background

The list of these schemata is taken from $KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.schema. Add to or modify these files to match your needs.

Settings->History

Toggles saving of lines that have scrolled off the top of the window

Settings->Codec

Not implemented yet

Settings->Keyboard

Chooses desired keymapping

The list of these keymappings is taken from $KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.keytab. Add to or modify these files to match your needs.

Settings->Word Separators

Specify characters that will be recognized as separators between words

This affects what text will be selected when you double-click on text. It is most important for non-Western text encodings.

Settings->Warn for Open Sessions on Quit

When set, a warning appears when you try to close a Konsole window with multiple sessions.

Settings->Save Settings

Saves the current settings as the new defaults

2.4.4. The Help menu

Help->Contents... (F1)

Opens the table of contents of this document

Help->Technical Reference

Detailed information on terminal emulation and Konsole

Help->Report Bug...

Submit a bug report or a feature request for Konsole

Help->About Konsole...

Information about Konsole's author

Help->About KDE...

Information about the KDE project