Re: [Proposal] rainbowkonsole – randomized color scheme on session start

[kurt.hindenburg at gmail.com]

Hello, thanks for the email.  Please don’t be discouraged by the lack or timeliness of replies.
  Typically the main issue is readability with color schemes.   If the the colors are randomly picked, I don’t think that is feasible.  If you are referring to allow a profile to randomly select any color scheme, then that would be possible.
  Please provide a link to your work or create a merge request for Konsole (https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole) .  This should be possible as a patch to Konsole.  Also don’t bother with Qt5 as all of KDE is now Qt6.

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Thanks,
    Kurt

> On Sep 10, 2025, at 7:13 AM, Thomas Lorkowski <thomi at etik.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> my name is Thomi (Berlin). I’m living with a chronic illness, so I might not always be very active on the list, but I’d still love to contribute something small and fun.
> 
> Background: cyber security / penetration testing, with coding experience. I’m getting into KDE dev now.
> 
> Project idea: **rainbowkonsole** – a tiny addon that applies a different Konsole color scheme each time a new session is opened (to keep the terminal a bit more lively).
> 
> Status: I have a working prototype on KDE neon (Qt6); a Qt5 build is not working yet. I’d appreciate pointers on:
> - the best hook for “new session opened” in Konsole,
> - whether this should live as a plugin vs. a small patch in Konsole,
> - coding style / contribution guidelines for Konsole.
> 
> If helpful, I can share a repo link or a short diff. Thanks a lot for maintaining Konsole — it’s one of my daily essentials. Looking forward to your feedback!
> 
> Best,
> Thomi

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