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13 <author>&Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;
</author>
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17 <date>2002-
02-
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18 <releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
21 <keyword>KDE
</keyword>
22 <keyword>KControl
</keyword>
23 <keyword>konsole
</keyword>
24 <keyword>terminal
</keyword>
29 <title>&konsole;</title>
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>
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>
41 <title><guilabel>General
</guilabel></title>
43 <para>This tab page allows you to configure aspects of
&konsole;'s
44 functions. It contains the following options:
</para>
48 <term><guilabel>Use Konsole as default terminal
49 application
</guilabel></term>
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>
59 <term><guilabel>Show Terminal Size when Resizing
</guilabel></term>
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>
68 <term><guilabel>Show Frame
</guilabel></term>
70 <para>Draw an inner frame around the inside of the
&konsole; window.
</para>
75 <term><guilabel>Confirm quit with open sessions
</guilabel></term>
77 <para>When set, a warning appears when you try to close a
&konsole;
78 window with multiple sessions.
</para>
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>
90 <term><guilabel>Line Spacing
</guilabel></term>
91 <listitem><para>Change the space between lines of text.
</para>
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>
109 <title>Schema
</title>
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>
119 <term><guilabel>Font</guilabel></term>
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>
128 <term><guilabel>Full Screen</guilabel></term>
130 <para>Check the box to make &konsole; windows full-screen by
139 <term><guilabel>Bars</guilabel></term>
144 <term><guilabel>Show menubar</guilabel></term>
146 <para>Check to show the menubar by default.</para>
151 <term><guilabel>Show toolbar</guilabel></term>
153 <para>Check to show the toolbar by default.</para>
158 <term><guilabel>Show frame</guilabel></term>
160 <para>Check to show the frame by default.</para>
165 <term><guilabel>Scrollbar position</guilabel></term>
167 <para>Select the default position of the scrollbar:
168 <guilabel>Hide</guilabel> (no scrollbar), <guilabel>Left</guilabel>, or
169 <guilabel>Right</guilabel>.</para>