[Konsole-devel] Implementing a different kind of split (multi terminal)

[Vincenzo Pii]

Hello everybody.

I am working on the implementation of a different kind of "Split View" than
the one which is already present in Konsole.

This one behaves like the split function in the "Terminator" application.

My intention is not to replace the "Split View", but to add a new feature
called "Multi Terminal".
They can coexist if you think that a multi terminal can be opened inside a
view which is already split (or the other way around). Basically
multi-terminals can be contained by Split Views.

I am currently working on my own GitHub branch, on which I push updates
that I pull from the master konsole repo, plus the local changes for the
multi-terminal implementation.

The repo is located here: https://github.com/vincepii/konsole-multi-terminal
.
One of the files on the root dir is a screenshot that can explain what I am
trying to do.

There is also a bug report asking for this:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178320.

The current working status is far from being finished.
The main functionality is there however (create splits, close them).

So, why am I writing this?
First of all to let the community know about this work: there might be
concerns or reasons for which this feature is not wanted.

Secondly, but not less importantly, to ask you if there is a more proper
way for handling the development. I have to use a different repo because I
don't have rights on the kde one, so I cannot just use a git branch.

Of course if someone wants to help, the source code is there.

Regards,
Vincenzo.
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