Use of

Startup
When is started, an application (typically a shell) runs in the window. Simply type at the prompt.
Screen
Screen
A "Tip of the Day" window may also appear on startup, offering hints on the use of . If you do not wish to receive tips, uncheck the Show on start box.

History
As lines scroll off the top of the screen, they can be reviewed by moving the scroll bar upwards, or through the use of the Page Up (to move back a page), Page Down (to move forward a page), Up (to move up a line) and Down (to move down a line) keys (provided the "History" option is on).

Mouse Buttons
Left 	Clicking the left button is passed as an event to the application running in the emulation, if it is mouse-aware. If a program will react on mouse clicks, indicates this by showing an arrow cursor. If not, an I-beam (bar) cursor is shown.
Holding the left button 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. When the button is released, the marked text is copied to the clipboard for further use within 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.
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 key while selecting normally.
If the upper or lower edge of the text area is touched while marking, scrolls up or down, eventually exposing text within the history buffer. The scrolling stops when the mouse stops moving.
After the mouse is released, 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 left mouse button is clicked.
To mark text on a mouse-aware application the key has to be pressed when clicking.
Middle 	Pressing the middle button pastes text currently in the clipboard. Holding down the key as you press the middle button pastes the text and sends it to .
If you have a mouse with only two buttons, pressing both the left and right buttons together emulates the middle button of a three button mouse.
Right 	 The right button brings up a menu with the Show Menubar, Paste, Send Signal, Rename Session, Settings and Close Session menu items. The right button brings up the Session menu.

Menu Bar
The menubar is at the top of the 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 or by M .

Session Menu
Session New Shell 	Opens a new session with a terminal shell. N can also be used, aas described in more detail below.
Session New Screen Session 	Opens a new session with the Screen virtual terminal manager. See man screen for more information.
Session New 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.
Session New Midnight Commander 	Opens a new session with the Midnight Commander graphical file browser.
Session New Linux Console 	 Opens a new session emulating a text-only system.
See the file README.linux.console in the source package for detailed information on how the console differs from a typical console. If this doesn't mean anything to you, you almost certainly don't need to worry about it.
Session New Root Midnight Commander 	 Opens a new session with the Midnight Commander graphical file browser, as the root user.
After being prompted for the root password, the # prompt appears under the browser window, indicating that the user is working with root privileges. Again, working as root is frequently necessary but care should be taken to avoid accidental damage.
Session Close Session 	Closes the current session.
Session Quit 	Quits , closing all sessions and any applications launched from them.
You can also open a new session with a key shortcut. By default, N is used. You can also define your own key shortcut to launch a new terminal session. The files with a *.keytab extension in $KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole define keyboard shortcuts.
For instance, adding the definition: key F12 + Shift : newSession to the active keytab files causes a new shell to be launched upon hitting F12. Use the Settings Keyboard menu command to choose a keytab file. The file README.KeyTab contains more information on defining shortcuts.
Finally, note that the session types can be modified, and new types created, by using the module System Konsole.

Edit Menu
Edit Paste 	Pastes text from the clipboard at the cursor location.
Edit 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:
STOP	to stop process
CONT	continue if stopped
HUP	hangup detected on controlling terminal, or death of controlling process
INT	interrupt from keyboard
TERM	termination signal
KILL	kill signal
Refer to your system manual pages for further details by giving the command man 7 signal.
Edit Find in History 	Finds a word or string of text in the current history. Options allow case sensitive or backwards searches.
Edit Save History As 	Saves the current history as a text file.
Edit Clear History 	Clears the history for the current session.
Edit Clear All Histories 	Clears the history for all sessions.

View Menu
View Rename Session 	Opens a dialog box allowing you to change the name of the current session. The name is displayed on the session tab. S can also be used.
View Monitor for Activity 	Flags the current session so it will show an alert if activity occurs. 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.
View Monitor for Silence 	Flags the current session so it will show an alert if no activity occurs for 10 seconds. 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.
View Send Input to All Sessions 	Flags the current session so any commands entered into it will be sent to all sessions. The session will have a small icon in its tab to remind you to be careful of what you enter! rm -rf *, for instance, is probably not a good idea.
View Move Session Left 	Moves the tab of the current session one tab to the left.
View Move Session Right 	Moves the tab of the current session one tab to the right.
Left and Right can be also be used to move between sessions.
View 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 Left/Right keys to cycle through the available sessions.

Settings Menu
Settings Show Menubar 	Shows or hides the menubar.
Settings Show Toolbar 	Shows or hides the toolbar.
Settings Scrollbar 	Controls location of scrollbar: none, left, or right.
Settings Fullscreen 	Toggles window between full-screen and normal size.
Settings Bell 	Sets the system bell to a System Notification or a visible flash, or turns it off.
Settings Font 	Sets font and font size
Select the Custom option to use any combination of font, size and style. The README.fonts file in the source package gives tips on which fonts will work well.
Settings Keyboard 	Chooses desired keymapping.
The list of these keymappings is taken from $KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.keytab. The file $KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.KeyTab describes the keytab format in more detail. Add to or modify these files to match your needs.
Settings Schema 	Sets colors of text and background.
The list of these schemata is taken from $KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.schema. The file $KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.Schema describes the schema format in more detail. Add to or modify these files to match your needs. You can also create custom schema from the module System Konsole.
Settings Size 	Sets size of text area (given in columns x rows).
Settings History... 	Opens a dialog where you can configure the history. The Enable checkbox toggles saving of lines that have scrolled off the top of the window. You can enter the Number of lines to remember in the text field, or use the spinner buttons to increase or decrease the number in steps of 100 lines. The Defaults button will reset the history to 1000 lines. Setting this value to 0 will cause all history to be saved. Press OK to save your changes, or Cancel to close the dialog without saving your settings. The Help button will open this manual, and display the text you're reading right now.
Settings Save Settings 	Saves the current settings as the new defaults.
Settings Configure 	Opens the module, allowing many additional changes to the interface.

Help Menu
F1 Help Konsole Handbook 	Opens the table of contents of this document.
Help Tip of the Day... 	Displays a helpful tip about the use of . Check the Show on start box to display a tip each time is started.
Help Report Bug... 	Submit a bug report or a feature request for .
Help About Konsole... 	Information about 's author
Help About KDE... 	Information about the KDE project

Toolbar
The toolbar is at the bottom of the window.
It can be hidden and restored by toggling Show Toolbar in the Settings menu or by clicking the textured handle at the side of the bar. The bar contains a New icon and icons for the current sessions. Clicking New opens a new Shell session.
Double-clicking a session tab opens a dialog box enabling you to change the name of that session. S can also be used to rename the active session.
Clicking an existing session's icon makes that session active.
When the toolbar is hidden, Left and Right can be used to move between sessions.

Command-line Options
When is started from the command-line, various options can be specified to modify its behavior.
--help 	List the various options
--name name 	Set the name that appears in the titlebar
--ls 	Start with a login shell environment. What that does varies depending on your system, but generally it means that files such as ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile 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.)
-T title 	Set the window title
--tn terminal 	Sets the environment variable TERM to the specified value. Read man xterm for more information on TERM.
--xwin 	Ignored
--nohist 	Disable the saving of lines that scroll off the top of the window
--nomenubar 	Start without a menubar
--notoolbar 	Start without a toolbar
--noframe 	Start without a frame
--noscrollbar 	Start without a scrollbar
--noxft 	Start without Xft antialiasing. Antialiasing of a small font may be difficult to read.
--vt_sz CCxLL 	Start a terminal window of CC Columns and LL lines
--type type 	Start a session of the given type rather than the default.
--workdir dir 	Open with dir as the working directory.
-e command 	Execute command instead of shell.
For instance:

bash$
 konsole --vt_sz
  90x25 --nohist

starts a window with 90 columns and 25 rows, with no history
also accepts generic and options:
--help-qt 	List Qt-specific options
--help-kde 	List KDE-specific options
--help-all 	List all options
--author 	Show the authors' names
-v,--version 	Show the version number
--license 	Show license information