The Konsole Handbook
Prev | Chapter 2. Use of Konsole | Next

# 2.4. Menu Bar

The menubar is at the top of the Konsole 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.

## 2.4.1. The File menu

File->Linux Console

  Opens a new session emulating a text-only Linux system.

  | See the file `README.linux.console` in the Konsole source package for detailed information on how the Linux console differs from a typical Unix console.

File->Midnight Commander

  Opens a new session with the Midnight Commander graphical file browser

File->Shell

  Opens a new session with a terminal shell

File->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.

File->Quit

  Quits Konsole, closing all sessions and any applications launched from them.

## 2.4.2. The SessionsMenu

Sessions->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``.

Sessions->Rename Session...

  Changes the name of the active session

Sessions->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 Shift+Left/Shift+Right keys to cycle through the available sessions.

## 2.4.3. The Settings menu

Settings->Rename Session...

  Changes the name of the active session

Settings->Show Menubar

  Shows or hides the menubar

Settings->Show Toolbar

  Shows or hides the toolbar

Settings->Show Frame

  Shows or hides frame at side of window

Settings->Scrollbar

  Controls location of scrollbar: none, left, or right

Settings->Fullscreen

  Toggles window between full-screen and normal size

Settings->Size

  Sets size of text area (given in columns x rows)

Settings->Fonts

  Sets font and font size

  Select the Custom option to use any combination of font, size and style. The `README.fonts` file in the Konsole source package gives tips on which fonts will work well.

Settings->Schema

  Sets colors of text and background

  The list of these schemata is taken from `$KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.schema`. Add to or modify these files to match your needs.

Settings->History

  Toggles saving of lines that have scrolled off the top of the window

Settings->Codec

  Not implemented yet

Settings->Keyboard

  Chooses desired keymapping

  The list of these keymappings is taken from `$KDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.keytab`. Add to or modify these files to match your needs.

Settings->Word Separators

  Specify characters that will be recognized as separators between words

  This affects what text will be selected when you double-click on text. It is most important for non-Western text encodings.

Settings->Warn for Open Sessions on Quit

  When set, a warning appears when you try to close a Konsole window with multiple sessions.

Settings->Save Settings

  Saves the current settings as the new defaults

## 2.4.4. The Help menu

Help->Contents... (F1)

  Opens the table of contents of this document

Help->Technical Reference

  Detailed information on terminal emulation and Konsole

Help->Report Bug...

  Submit a bug report or a feature request for Konsole

Help->About Konsole...

  Information about Konsole's author

Help->About KDE...

  Information about the KDE project

Prev | Home | Next
Mouse Buttons | Up | The toolbar