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Terminal emulator

Konsole is a free and open-source terminal emulator which is part of KDE Applications and ships with the KDE desktop environment. Konsole was originally written by Lars Doelle.[3] It ls licensed under the GPL-2.0-or-later[4][5][6] and the GNU Free Documentation License.[7]

KDE applications, including Dolphin, Kate,[8]KDevelop, Kile, Konversation, Konqueror, and Krusader, use Konsole to provide embedded terminal functionality via Kpart.

Features[edit]

  • Built-in support for bi-directional text display.
  • Tabbed terminals. Tab titles update dynamically depending on the current activity in the terminal.
  • Translucent backgrounds[9]
  • Split-view mode
  • Directory and SSH bookmarking
  • Customizable color schemes
  • Customizable key bindings
  • Notifications about silence or activity in a terminal
  • Incremental search
  • Can open Dolphin or the user’s preferred file manager at the terminal program’s current directory[10]
  • Export of output in plain text or HTML format
  • Multiple profile support
  • Text reflow[11]

Gallery[edit]

  • Konsole split-view modes

See also[edit]

  1. ^ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/tags/v21.12.2.
  2. ^ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/tags/v21.11.90.
  3. ^ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/commit/d8f741181967eee423f9234726443a4684f89310
  4. ^

    “COPYING.LIB”. github.com/KDE/konsole/blob/master/COPYING.LIB. 31 March 2022.

  5. ^ “konsole”. kde.org/applications/system/org.kde.konsole.
  6. ^ “COPYING”. github.com/KDE/konsole/blob/master/COPYING. 31 March 2022.
  7. ^ “COPYING.DOC”. github.com/KDE/konsole/blob/master/COPYING.DOC. 31 March 2022.
  8. ^ Cullmann, Christoph (January 6, 2004). “Writing a Kate Plugin”. kate-editor.org. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  9. ^ “Konsole – KDE UserBase Wiki”. userbase.kde.org. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  10. ^ “New features in Konsole in KDE 4.0”. The KDE Source Repository. 2008-01-05.
  11. ^ “Konsole – KDE Invent”. invent.kde.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

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