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<H3><A NAME="s2">2. Overview</A></H3>
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<P>When invoked, konsole starts this client application (which is
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the shell by default) and displays all the clients output in it's
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window while forwarding key presses and mouse clicks to the client.
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<P>By this most of konsole's behavior is really controlled by the
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application that actually runs in it. There are only a few
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special features that konsole adds to this. These additional
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features are not uncommon, so much of the following description
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applies to any decent terminal emulation.
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<LI>History Buffer
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<P>Text that is scrolled out of the screen is kept in a history buffer
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for later review. Currently a maximum of 100 lines are kept in this
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buffer. While it is not possible to change text that has ended up
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in the buffer, one can look at it and copy it partially or entirely
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to the clipboard.
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</LI>
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<LI>Keyboard
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<P>The Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown keys are used to scroll through
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the history buffer. All other keystrokes are passed on to the
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application run within the emulation. Note that their might be
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some dead keys.
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</LI>
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<LI>Mouse
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<P>You need a three button mouse to make full use of the terminal.
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The buttons have different functions:
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<LI>Left button
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<P>Clicking the left button is passed as an event to the application
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running in the emulation if it is mouse aware. If a program will
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react on mouse clicks konsole indicates this by showing an arrow
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cursor. If not an ibeam (bar) cursor is shown.
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<P>Holding the left button down and dragging the mouse over the screen
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with a mouse unaware application running, will mark a region of the
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text. While dragging, the marked text is displayed reverse for visual
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feedback. As soon as the button is released, the marked text copied
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to the clipboard for further use within Konsole or another application.
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<P>Normally, new-line characters are inserted at the end of each line
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selected. This is normally best for cut and paste of source code
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or the output of a particular command. For ordinary text, the
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line breaks are often not important. One would prefer for the
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text to be a stream of characters that will be automatically
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re-formatted when pasted another application. To select in
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text-stream mode, hold-down the Ctrl key while selecting
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normally.
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<P>It the upper or lower edge of the text area is touched while marking,
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Konsole scrolls up or down, thereby eventually exposing text within the
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history buffer. The scrolling stops as soon as you stop moving the
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mouse.
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<P>After releasing the mouse, Konsole attempts to keep the text in the
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clipboard visible by holding the marked area reversed. The marked
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area reverts back to normal as soon as either the contents of the
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clipboard is changed, the text within the marked area is altered
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or you've clicked the left mouse button.
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<P>To mark text on a mouse aware application the shift key has to
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be pressed when clicking.
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<LI>Middle Button
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<P>Pressing the middle button copies text currently in the clipboard.
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This works just as if clipboard contents is typed on the keyboard,
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so the application running in the emulation will react by it's own
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way on it.
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</LI>
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<LI>Right Button
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<P>The right button brings up the configuration menu. Additionally,
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the shift and the control key may be uses with this button to
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get access to other parts of the menu.
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</UL>
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</LI>
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<LI>Sessions
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<P>Konsole offers to run several sessions (programs) at once. New sessions
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can be started using the "New"-menu. One can switch between sessions
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with the "Sessions"-menu. Both menus are available as right mouse button
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menus, too, when pression the shift or the control key as modifiers.
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<P>The session menu can be freely configured due to the local needs.
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(A section explaining how is missing, see /opt/kde/share/apps/konsole
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for some examples.)
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