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Simple Konsole Tweaks

© Copyright Darrell Anderson.

If there is one noticeable difference between using GNU/Linux in console mode and in X with KDE is that the keyboard shortcuts all go out the window. Within console mode keyboard shortcuts are all over the board with every program. Within KDE, there is a common look and feel and that includes keyboard shortcuts.

Except for Konsole.

For most of KDE, copy and paste operations are performed with Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V. The former is not possible in console mode because Ctrl-C is the break command. Therefore, adding the shortcut of Ctrl-Shift-C provides a similar shortcut that is easy to remember. Additional shortcuts should be similar to maintain consistency within Konsole.

Open Konsole and then from the Settings menu select Configure Shortcuts. To provide shortcuts that are similar to those used in the remainder of KDE, modify the following:

1. For Copy add the shortcut of Ctrl-Shift-C.
2. For Paste add Ctrl-Shift-V.
3. For opening a new session (a new tab) add Ctrl-Shift-N.
4. For closing a session (a single tab) add Ctrl-Shift-W.
5. For closing Konsole add Ctrl-Shift-Q.

These shortcuts provide a degree of consistency with the remainder of the KDE environment.

Finis.

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