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How to set my preferred font for monospace?

Using a good font for monospace is important for a good UX in some apps, especially terminal emulators and code editors.

Supposing that you prefer DejaVu for monospace (replace it with another font otherwise), create ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/0-mono.conf as:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
 <!-- To fix monospace: -->
 <alias>
  <family>monospace</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>
  </prefer>
 </alias>
 <alias>
  <family>serif</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>DejaVu Serif</family>
  </prefer>
 </alias>
 <alias>
  <family>sans-serif</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>DejaVu Sans</family>
  </prefer>
 </alias>
</fontconfig>

Note that it may not be a good idea to do this inside a global place (e.g., /usr/share/fontconfig), as different users may have different preferences.

How to fix colored emojis that are in black and white?

Some fontconfig tricks might be needed to get colored emojis (→ https://github.com/lxqt/qterminal/issues/627).

Supposing that you have installed a font like noto-fonts-emoji, create ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/0-emoji.conf as:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
 <!-- For colored emojis: -->
 <match target="pattern">
  <test name="family">
   <string>monospace</string>
  </test>
  <edit mode="append" name="family">
   <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="pattern">
  <test name="family">
   <string>serif</string>
  </test>
  <edit mode="append" name="family">
   <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="pattern">
  <test name="family">
   <string>sans-serif</string>
  </test>
  <edit mode="append" name="family">
   <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
  </edit>
 </match>
</fontconfig>

Then, colored emojis will be shown by Qt apps, QTerminal included.

How to disable a shortcut completely?

Press any modifier key in the shortcut field.

How to launch an instance to execute a command and keep its window open?

Create a script.sh like this:

#!/bin/bash
# Do your work here!
read

make it executable, and run it with qterminal -e script.sh.

To close the window after the execution is finished, press Enter in it.