Version: (using KDE 4.0.83) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages OS: Linux krunner can't find virt-manager with string "virt-manage" unless you typed it before.
virt-manager is the name of a binary on disk?
Yes. It is a desktop application for managing virtual machines. http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/ It works running it from konsole. And I'm able to tab-complete the name in bash.
This issue partly still exists in 4.2RC1 (installed from kubuntu-experimental): Typing "virt" in Krunner gives you virt-manager and some other apps containing the keyword (like VirtualBox or virtual desktop kcm-modul). If I type further and enter the hyphen ("virt-"), all hits, including virt-manager, disappear. This is not the case in kickoffs search form. Also "virt-manager" is in PATH and therefore can be launched if I enter the full name "virt-manager" into Krunner.
The command-line runner does not return partial matches i.e. it will not give a result unless you type in the whole command to obtain a result. As for the virt/virt- issue, the match for "virt" is probably done by the Services runner, which performs partial matches for the _name_ of the application (not the name of the binary file). The name is stored in the corresponding .desktop file usually in /usr/share/applications and it is probably "virtual manager" or something. That's why the match disappears when you type "virt-" This would explain the reported behaviour.
*** Bug 173257 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I think this bug can be closed. The binary name is "virt-manager" The desktop file entry is "Virtual Machine Manager" So IMHO no reason to show a match for 'virt-manage' Please re-open if you think different.
I think it's silly not getting the result "virt-manager" when explicitly typing "virt-ma" or something like it. But I'm not the person to decide whether this report should be open or not.
SVN commit 1016090 by aseigo: match against the Exec= line; let's see how that goes. BUG:165005 M +1 -1 servicerunner.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1016090
*** Bug 201325 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***