Bug 230834

Summary:	Runner to insert special characters
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	RGBl <rgbl>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	akreuzkamp, me
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description RGBl 2010-03-15 14:59:53 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.5)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    openSUSE RPMs

I'm aware of Bug 82260 (Insert characters by their ascii/unicode value) and why it was closed, but this proposal is, IMHO, a "good-to-have" even if input of unicode character is anytime soon (or late) supported by Xorg.
My proposal (first presented here: http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea86114_page1) for a runner is as follows:
Fire krunner, type an "identifier" like # and then the unicode code for the character, press enter and the character is inserted in the active document and/or copied to klipper.
The runner could have an option to set "shortcuts" for the most used symbols. For example
#03b1
gives "alpha" α
but if you insert #\a
also gives alpha α
Those shortcuts could be configured on the runner's preferences dialog.

Comment 1 Anton Kreuzkamp 2010-04-03 00:17:46 UTC

here is this runner:
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Character+Runner?content=122629

can be marked as done