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