[konsole] [Bug 468391] New: Konsole should be able to switch to/from a distrobox profile

[Thiago Sueto]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468391

            Bug ID: 468391
           Summary: Konsole should be able to switch to/from a distrobox
                    profile
    Classification: Applications
           Product: konsole
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: konsole-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: herzenschein at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Distrobox is a tool used to run podman/docker containers and integrate them in
userspace.

See: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox

It comes in MicroOS Desktop by default and I think also Fedora Kinoite. In
these distros, you're expected to never install anything to your host root,
only to install userspace applications as flatpaks and using terminal tools
from inside a distrobox container.

One cool thing people can do is to make a custom terminal profile that runs and
enters a distrobox container, then setting it as the default profile, so it's
immediately ready as soon as you open your terminal. I use this with both
Konsole and Yakuake.

See:
https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/useful_tips.md#using-distrobox-as-main-cli

By default, using a distrobox profile breaks the Konsole SSH plugin, but I
managed to work around this by enveloping distrobox in a shell (I use fish in
the container):

/usr/bin/bash -c "distrobox enter mycontainer -- fish --login"

So the only thing that I think is missing from the UX is being able to switch
from/to distrobox profiles, but this doesn't work. Right clicking and
attempting to change the profile does nothing.

This only works if I go to File -> New Tab -> select a different profile, but
this sounds more like a workaround for the fact Konsole can't switch to/from
distrobox.

FWIW, GNOME Terminal isn't able to switch from/to distrobox either, and it
doesn't even have an option to create a new tab running a specific profile, so
Konsole is way better off than it. But it would be great to have this
functionality.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install podman + distrobox
2. Create a distrobox container with distrobox create
3. Create a Konsole profile that runs /usr/bin/distrobox enter
4. Right click the terminal and attempt to switch to a distrobox profile

OR

3. Create a Konsole profile that runs /usr/bin/distrobox enter and make it the
default
4. Right click the terminal and attempt to switch away from the distrobox
profile

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