SUMMARY Use case: I have a folder full of MATLAB files (.m), Mathematica files (.nb) and IPython notebooks (.ipynb) from my work. The problem is, KRunner only shows certain types of files (Documents, Images, etc) so I can't see these files from KRunner. Using command line "baloosearch xxx" (which is the indexing backend KRunner is using) and Dolphin search found these files instantly, but KRunner just cannot show them. I wish there is a way to show all file search results in KRunner, not limited by the preset categories (similar to what GNOME currently does). Thank you! STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Make a IPython notebook file in your indexed directory. 2. Type its name in KRunner OBSERVED RESULT File not show up in the results EXPECTED RESULT File showed up in the result SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Maybe it is possible to add one more category ("others", for example) and send the unmatched items to that category? Sorry if this suggestion sounds stupid from a non-programmer.
I think this is the same bug as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457522.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 457522 ***
I got it wrong; this is not a case of files without a category (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457522) but files with category "text", which is fixed with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/1658.
Maybe more information, possibly too much information, here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457522#c17
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 420339 ***
If anything, this is the more general bug and Bug 420339 is a particular instance... I know 420339 was logged first but I think switch the "duplicate" flags to make it a duplicate of 442898. No idea whether this is "proper" but...
So it looks like I got my getting it wrong wrong :) The problem reported here consists of both bugs: - KRunner doesn't find files of category text, e.g. Matlab files; this bug is fixed; - KRunner doesn't find files with no category, e.g. Mathematica and IPython notebook files; this is the same ashttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420339. Since part 1 is already solved and part 2 is already documented elsewhere, I think that for the purpose of tracking the current status, it makes sense to keep the discussions at the specific subproblems and close this one.