Hello,

can anyone give me a good documentation for the kde4 konsole? I am looking for a description for the command line options or perhaps a tutorial to replace the old kde3 options like -vt.

Thank you.

Is this of any use?

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konsole --help
Usage: konsole [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] [args]

Terminal emulator

Generic options:
  --help                    Show help about options
  --help-qt                 Show Qt specific options
  --help-kde                Show KDE specific options
  --help-all                Show all options         
  --author                  Show author information 
  -v, --version             Show version information
  --license                 Show license information
  --                        End of options           

Options:
  --profile           Name of profile to use for new Konsole instance
  --list-profiles           List the available profiles
  --background-mode         Start Konsole in the background and bring to the front when the F12 key is pressed
  --new-tab                 Create a new tab in an existing window rather than creating a new window
  --workdir            Set the initial working directory of the new tab or window to 'dir'
  --notransparency          Disable transparent backgrounds, even if the system supports them.
  --force-transparency      Try to enable transparency, even if the system does not appearto support it.
  --hold, --noclose         Do not close the initial session automatically when it ends.
  -p        Change the value of a profile property.
  -e                   Command to execute

Arguments:
  args                      Arguments passed to command

So konsole does not support the standard X --geometry (XxY+x+y) parameters? If not, how do you launch it with a specified geometry when running under, say, Gnome (which I'm currently doing, against my preference)?

Thanks.

(edit)
Nevermind - I didn't look at --help-all. Question answered, assuming it works as advertised.

In KDE 4, you have to uncheck the "use current window size on next startup" box and specify the desired size in a profile, then launch konsole with the --profile switch. More explanations with screenshots here : http://ychaouche.informatick.net/kde