KDE4 konsole: missing sessions, bell
Anne Wilson
cannewilson at googlemail.com
Wed May 20 10:26:48 BST 2009
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 20:12:55 Ryo Furue wrote:
> Hi Anne,
>
> | > 1. Now I don't find "sessions". On the old konsole, I had
> | > a session (tab) that automatically SSHes me to a remote host,
> | > and another session that opens a root shell. How can I have
> | > a similar capability?
> |
> | Some, if not all of this can be done by setting up profiles
> | (Settings > Manage Profiles). I have one profile that gives me a
> | root profile (/bin su -) with a different background, to make it
> | obvious. I don't have a profile for a remote connection, but I have
> | a bookmark set up, that, together with keychain, automatically logs
> | me onto a remote box.
>
> Thank you for the help! That works perfectly. Even a remote
> connection can be done with a profile, with
> "/usr/bin/ssh -X -l username remote.example.com" as its command.
> (So, the notion of "session" of the old konsole
> is absorbed in that of "profile", it seems.)
> I may also explore your method of using a bookmark.
>
> | > 2. I miss the bell. "echo -e '\a' " does nothing on the
> | > new konsole. For the old konsole, I chose a visible bell
> | > within the konsole configuration (not as a bash setting).
> | > For the new konsole, I don't see a configuration item
> | > regarding the bell. On an emacs window, I can sound
> | > an audible bell, whose pitch and duration I can control
> | > with "xset b", which means the X-Window bell is working.
> | > Where should I look?
> |
> | This I can't help with. If a visible bell will do, try setting
> | notifications to flash the taskbar tab.
>
> The result is curious. In
>
> Settings > Configure Notifications
>
> there is an item "Bell in Visible Session". If you set "Show a
> message in a popup" for this item, you'll see a popup
> when you type "echo -e '\a'". That means that this item is
> indeed the bell we are talking about.
>
> Unfortunately, I can't get it work. Nothing happens
> if "Mark taskbar entry" is assigned to the bell.
> Nothing happens, either, if "Run command" is assigned
> and "/usr/bin/tput flash" is specified as its command,
> even though the command itself works from the command
> line.
>
> Maybe it's time to submit a bug report.
>
I didn't try anything fancy with this. I just used 'mark taskbar entry' and
the tab flashes when there is a new event.
Anne
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