Krunner performs unpredictably when invoked to define a dictionary term. When it randomly responds to keystrokes it returns a definition but it is only a few words. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. Hit alt+space. 2. Enter: define hello 3. Wait to see if it brings answers Actual Results: Krunner sometimes responds to keystrokes and returns definitions, other times no responses at all. Expected Results: It should always return available definitions in a fully readable manner (full view of the definition).
Created attachment 99956 [details] Result of a Krunner dictionary service invocation
Upgraded to 16.10 and it seems it takes time to fetch info from the net hence illusion of no response if late. Anyway it is not possible for me to reproduce the bug with the new environment and has not been bugged by others, so I will close it. But where is the close fix?
I'm sorry, but this does not work for me and has not for quite some time. (I often try it out to see if it has started working.) I'm on KDE Neon running plasma 5.10.3.
(In reply to Michael D from comment #3) > I'm sorry, but this does not work for me and has not for quite some time. (I > often try it out to see if it has started working.) I'm on KDE Neon running > plasma 5.10.3. You should wait for some seconds for the very limited hints to appear. You might also have a different "define" keyword. Check your options of Krunner.
Well, I waited for about 60 seconds, which should suffice to return something. Also, I had already changed my keyword to 'dic', and still nothing.
There are many out there happily using a "d" for ease of use. Check your environment for defects.
Well, I'm not sure what to check, so I suppose I should report a bug to Neon or Ubuntu about it in any case, because I can't recall it ever having worked on Neon.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 376905 ***