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

[kurt.hindenburg at gmail.com]

Hello again,  it would be much better if you coded on top of the master branch.  Also can you create a pull request either on the official Konsole site or on your site?  Or even a patch would be nice attached to this email chain.
   Kurt

> On Sep 22, 2025, at 1:04 PM, Thomas Lorkowski <thomi at etik.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, thank you Kurt for the couraging words. At the moment the code resides at https://github.com/bunthut/Raibowkonsole
> 
> In the future there could be a featured to use just some readable combinations for example. Also at bluesky some people actually looked for a feature like that too, to be able to easily over look different terms.
> 
> At least the release should work on neon.
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas
> 
> Am Montag, 22. September 2025 um 18:53, <kurt.hindenburg at gmail.com> schrieb:
> 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.
> 
> https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/development
> 
> 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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