I start Konsole through a shortcut in the panel, or through a keyboard shortcut, and not through krunner.
As has been pointed out, a second or subsequent instance of Konsole starts with ~, not ~/Documents. I don't understand this inconsistency, which is perhaps even more annoying than having *all* instances start in ~/Documents would be.
Anyway, I've now set my Documents path through System Settings to be my home directory. I don't think I should have to do that, and it's a kludge, but there it is.
I start Konsole through a shortcut in the panel, or through a keyboard shortcut, and not through krunner.
As has been pointed out, a second or subsequent instance of Konsole starts with ~, not ~/Documents. I don't understand this inconsistency, which is perhaps even more annoying than having *all* instances start in ~/Documents would be.
Anyway, I've now set my Documents path through System Settings to be my home directory. I don't think I should have to do that, and it's a kludge, but there it is.