Konsole is a free and open-source terminal emulator graphical application which is part of KDE Applications and ships with the KDE desktop environment. Konsole was originally written by Lars Doelle.[2] It ls licensed under the GPL-2.0-or-later[3][4][5] and the GNU Free Documentation License.[6]
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![]() Screenshot of Konsole in KDE Plasma 5 | |
Developer(s) | Lars Doelle, Robert Knight |
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Stable release | 23.08.4[1] ![]() |
Repository | https://github.com/KDE/konsole https://invent.kde.org/kde/konsole |
Written in | C++ (KDE Frameworks, Qt) |
Type | Terminal emulator |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
Website | konsole![]() |
KDE applications, including Dolphin, Kate,[7] KDevelop, Kile, Konversation, Konqueror, and Krusader, use Konsole to provide embedded terminal functionality via Kpart.
Features
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- Built-in support for bi-directional text display.
- Tabbed terminals. Tab titles update dynamically depending on the current activity in the terminal.
- Translucent backgrounds[8]
- 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[9]
- Export of output in plain text or HTML format
- Multiple profile support
- Text reflow[10]
Internals
editUp to the KDE 4.0, Konsole internal functionality was split into a backend and frontend parts. The backend was represented by a terminal emulator (the DEC VT102 + xterm emulation program) and the frontend that included terminal display and user interface used to display output characters on a window screen or a printer.[11]
With newer versions Konsole on Linux systems uses PTY (pseudoterminal interface) abstraction implemented by KPty KDE framework introduced in 2014.[citation needed]
Gallery
edit- Konsole split-view modes
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Left-to-right
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Top-to-bottom
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Konsole". Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Moving to kdebase (D8f74118) · Commits · Utilities / Konsole · GitLab".
- ^ "COPYING.LIB". github.com/KDE/konsole/blob/master/COPYING.LIB. 31 March 2022.
- ^ "konsole". kde.org/applications/system/org.kde.konsole.
- ^ "COPYING". github.com/KDE/konsole/blob/master/COPYING. 31 March 2022.
- ^ "COPYING.DOC". github.com/KDE/konsole/blob/master/COPYING.DOC. 31 March 2022.
- ^ Cullmann, Christoph (January 6, 2004). "Writing a Kate Plugin". kate-editor.org. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Konsole - KDE UserBase Wiki". userbase.kde.org. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- ^ "New features in Konsole in KDE 4.0". The KDE Source Repository. 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Konsole - KDE Invent". invent.kde.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ "doc/developer/design/historic/architecture-overview · master · Utilities / Konsole · GitLab". GitLab. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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