Bug 269155

Summary:	KCHARMAP: Add control character (actually the needed one is return) copy & paste (needed in certain extreme circumstances)
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Reartes Guillermo <rtguille>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cfeck
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description Reartes Guillermo 2011-03-22 17:07:47 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.1) 
OS:                Linux

Feature Request:

In certain extreme circumstances, like losing keyboard due to bug/issue (happened to me) and no ssh or any remote way of rebooting.

In these situation, my only choise was to use kcharmap with the mouse to save debug info (could not, because i could not generate an "enter"), in fact
i cannot issue any command line without "enter".

I think that it is ok for normal situation.
Probably an "edit" "to clipboard with control character" option must be added.

I trully needed it a couple of times.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
open kcharmap, select with the mouse  "CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)", then double click it, then press "copy to clipboard", then paste in konsole, nothing.

Actual Results:  
cannot generate a  "CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)" with the mouse & kcharmap

Expected Results:  
a way of doing it.

Running F15 Alpha, tried that time with F13.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2011-03-22 21:42:38 UTC

KCharSelect is not an on-screen-keyboard. Use kvkbd, xvkbd, viki, or the Plasma "Keyboard" applet.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2011-03-22 21:46:06 UTC

In case you are in the same situation again, you can just select the CR character in Konsole, and copy&paste it.

Comment 3 Reartes Guillermo 2011-03-22 22:38:01 UTC

>In case you are in the same situation again, you can just select the CR
>character in Konsole, and copy&paste it.

it is posible to generate it with console or with kcharmap?

i found a workaround for the issue:

with kcharmap i generate:
ls -l;#
and paste it, then i look for some text in kcharmap for example
 
"General Character Properties
Block: Basic Latin
Unicode category: Letter, Uppercase"

and select from the last e form Uppercase but at the end of it it is an
enter equivalent.  (very funny workaround. but it is enough)

>"CharSelect is not an on-screen-keyboard. Use kvkbd, xvkbd, viki, or the Plasma
>"Keyboard" applet.

You are absolutelly rigth. The plasma-keyboard applet is part of kdebase-workspace, so it is installed by default. Sadly i never noticed it existence...

Tried the plasma-keyboard applet, it loads ok, odly i cannot do 
anything with it. It takes the focus from the app / dialog & 
clicking keys on it does nothing. (the physical keyboard is still attached)

Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2011-03-23 01:45:23 UTC

> Tried the plasma-keyboard applet, [...] i cannot do anything with it.

Please report this as a separate bug for Plasma.