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# Konsole

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Konsole is a terminal emulator for the KDE desktop.

## Installation

Install the konsole package.

## Troubleshooting

### True-color programs do not display correctly

This is because by default, konsole does not set the right `TERM` variable. To set it, either edit your konsole profile or make a new one:

    ~/.local/share/konsole/konsole.profile

    [General]
    Name=konsole
    Environment=TERM=konsole-direct,COLORTERM=truecolor

Note Some programs may not work correctly with `konsole-direct` as `TERM`. If so, use `konsole-256color` instead.

### Characters are not aligned / Characters change position when cursor moves

This is caused by the "Word mode" setting in Complex Text Layout. In the word mode, text are aligned at word-level, so individual characters might not be aligned. You can disable word mode to make sure characters are aligned.

    ~/.local/share/konsole/konsole.profile

    [Appearance]
    WordMode=false

You may want to disable word mode for ASCII characters only but enable it for Brahmic scripts characters so that Brahmic words can be connected correctly. However, in this case, the issue may persist for these characters, i.e. the characters may change position when cursor moves.

    ~/.local/share/konsole/konsole.profile

    [Appearance]
    WordMode=true
    WordModeAscii=false
    WordModeBrahmic=true

### Unable to edit bookmarks

Install the keditbookmarks package.

## See also

- Konsole on KDE UserBase Wiki

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- KDE
- Terminal emulators

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