Script to launch a KDE Konsole window with multiple tabs. It is based on script provided in [Linux Journal](http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/start-and-control-konsole-dbus). It helps to bootstrap development env by launching multiple tabs with preconfigured directory and titles.

.bashrc

source ~/path/to/tabs.sh

load-dev(){
    #Create sessi data format '<Tab Name/Title>    <Profile Name>   <Working Directory>'
    local sessions=(
        oak           Shell        'clear; cd ~/git/apache/oak'
        sling         Shell        'clear; cd ~/git/apache/sling'
        felix         Shell        'clear; cd ~/git/apache/felix'
     )
    start_sessions sessions[@]
}

empty

Dummy

tabs.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Based on http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/start-and-control-konsole-dbus

#####################################################################
# Start sessions in konsole.
function start_sessions()
{
    #The passed argument is an array so capture it in a variable
    declare -a sessions=("${!1}")
    local nsessions=0
    local session_count=${#sessions[*]}
    local i=0

    while [[ $i -lt $session_count ]]
    do
        local name=${sessions[$i]}
        let i++
        local profile=${sessions[$i]}
        let i++
        local command=${sessions[$i]}
        let i++

        echo "Creating $name: $command"
        # Starting with a specific profile appears to be broken.
        #local session_num=$(qdbus org.kde.konsole /Konsole newSession $profile $HOME)
        local session_num=$(qdbus org.kde.konsole /Konsole newSession)
        sleep 0.1
        qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/$session_num setTitle 0 $name
        sleep 0.1
        qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/$session_num setTitle 1 $name
        sleep 0.1
        qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/$session_num sendText "$command"
        sleep 0.1
        qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/$session_num sendText $'\n'
        sleep 0.1

        let nsessions++
    done

     # Activate first session.
    while [[ $nsessions -gt 1 ]]
    do
        qdbus org.kde.konsole /Konsole prevSession
        let nsessions--
    done
}

You wrote:

Starting with a specific profile appears to be broken.

local session_num=$(qdbus org.kde.konsole /Konsole newSession $profile $HOME)

Good news: It works perfectly for me ;-) (Kubuntu 13.04)

I run at console
load-dev;exit
And my setup is done.

Thanks!

Works fine for me as well, thanks!

Thanks @chetanmeh
This is brilliant! Saved me a ton of work to figure out those clever combinations!

I have forked and added a few more bells and whistles!
https://gist.github.com/codemedic/18589cbe2adef370c9638b463688af67/

can you please create a script that can merge all terminal windows into one window & tabs ?
Thanks for pointing for any hints