runtime/doc/kcontrol/kcmkonsole/index.docbook

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  13 <author>&Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</author>
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  16
  17 <date>2002-02-12</date>
  18 <releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
  19
  20 <keywordset>
  21 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
  22 <keyword>KControl</keyword>
  23 <keyword>konsole</keyword>
  24 <keyword>terminal</keyword>
  25 </keywordset>
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  27
  28 <sect1 id="konsole">
  29 <title>&konsole;</title>
  30
  31 <para>In this module, you can configure basic settings for &konsole;,
  32 the &kde; terminal.  You can also easily create new schemata (appearance
  33 files) for &konsole;.</para>
  34
  35 <para>This module contains several tab pages:
  36 <guilabel>General</guilabel>, <guilabel>Schema</guilabel>,
  37 <guilabel>Session</guilabel> and <guilabel>Write
  38 Daemon</guilabel>.</para>
  39
  40 <sect2>
  41 <title><guilabel>General</guilabel></title>
  42
  43 <para>This tab page allows you to configure aspects of &konsole;'s
  44 functions.  It contains the following options:</para>
  45
  46 <variablelist>
  47 <varlistentry>
  48 <term><guilabel>Use Konsole as default terminal
  49 application</guilabel></term>
  50 <listitem>
  51 <para>If you wish to have &kde; use another terminal application by
  52 default, uncheck this box and enter the preferred application
  53 (<application>wterm</application>, <application>rxvt</application>,
  54 &etc;) in the text field below.</para>
  55 </listitem>
  56 </varlistentry>
  57
  58 <varlistentry>
  59 <term><guilabel>Show Terminal Size when Resizing</guilabel></term>
  60 <listitem>
  61 <para>By default, &konsole; will show the size (in characters) of the
  62 window when you are resizing, allowing you to make the window a
  63 specific size.  Uncheck this box to turn off this
  64 behavior.</para></listitem>
  65 </varlistentry>
  66
  67 <varlistentry>
  68 <term><guilabel>Show Frame</guilabel></term>
  69 <listitem>
  70 <para>Draw an inner frame around the inside of the &konsole; window.</para>
  71 </listitem>
  72 </varlistentry>
  73
  74 <varlistentry>
  75 <term><guilabel>Confirm quit with open sessions</guilabel></term>
  76 <listitem>
  77 <para>When set, a warning appears when you try to close a  &konsole;
  78 window with multiple sessions.</para>
  79 </listitem>
  80 </varlistentry>
  81
  82 <varlistentry>
  83 <term><guilabel>Blinking Cursor</guilabel></term>
  84 <listitem><para>If you have trouble spotting the cursor in the
  85 &konsole; window, you can have it blink to draw your
  86 attention.</para></listitem>
  87 </varlistentry>
  88
  89 <varlistentry>
  90 <term><guilabel>Line Spacing</guilabel></term>
  91 <listitem><para>Change the space between lines of text.</para>
  92 </listitem>
  93 </varlistentry>
  94
  95 <varlistentry>
  96 <term><guilabel>Consider the following characters part of a word when
  97 double clicking</guilabel></term>
  98 <listitem><para>It is a common &UNIX; behavior to select a whole word
  99 when you double click on it, however, the computer's idea of a word may
 100 differ from yours.  Add characters here that you would like to be
 101 considered always to be <quote>part of a word</quote>.  For example,
 102 adding the <literal>@</literal> character will allow you to double
 103 click to select an entire email address.</para></listitem>
 104 </varlistentry>
 105 </variablelist>
 106 </sect2>
 107
 108 <sect2>
 109 <title>Schema</title>
 110
 111 <para>The <guilabel>Schema</guilabel> page will allow you to easily
 112 create, edit and save schemata, with text and background coloring,
 113 transparency and background images.</para>
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 117 <variablelist>
 118 <varlistentry>
 119 <term><guilabel>Font</guilabel></term>
 120 <listitem>
 121 <para>Use the drop-down box to select the default font size.  Use the
 122 <guibutton>Custom...</guibutton> button to select your own combination
 123 of font, size, and style.</para>
 124 </listitem>
 125 </varlistentry>
 126
 127 <varlistentry>
 128 <term><guilabel>Full Screen</guilabel></term>
 129 <listitem>
 130 <para>Check the box to make &konsole; windows full-screen by
 131 default.</para>
 132 </listitem>
 133 </varlistentry>
 134 </variablelist>
 135 </listitem>
 136 </varlistentry>
 137
 138 <varlistentry>
 139 <term><guilabel>Bars</guilabel></term>
 140 <listitem>
 141
 142 <variablelist>
 143 <varlistentry>
 144 <term><guilabel>Show menubar</guilabel></term>
 145 <listitem>
 146 <para>Check to show the menubar by default.</para>
 147 </listitem>
 148 </varlistentry>
 149
 150 <varlistentry>
 151 <term><guilabel>Show toolbar</guilabel></term>
 152 <listitem>
 153 <para>Check to show the toolbar by default.</para>
 154 </listitem>
 155 </varlistentry>
 156
 157 <varlistentry>
 158 <term><guilabel>Show frame</guilabel></term>
 159 <listitem>
 160 <para>Check to show the frame by default.</para>
 161 </listitem>
 162 </varlistentry>
 163
 164 <varlistentry>
 165 <term><guilabel>Scrollbar position</guilabel></term>
 166 <listitem>
 167 <para>Select the default position of the scrollbar:
 168 <guilabel>Hide</guilabel> (no scrollbar), <guilabel>Left</guilabel>, or
 169 <guilabel>Right</guilabel>.</para>
 170 </listitem>
 171 </varlistentry>
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