SUMMARY When I try to set aliases for quick entering of special characters whether using plugin's settings page or by direct editing of ~/.config/krunnerrc, these aliases are stored in file and are properly shown in plugin's settings, but do not work when they are called from krunner. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open settings page for "Special Characters" plugin. 2. Enter 'lambda' in 'Alias' field and '03BB' in 'Hex code' field. Press 'Add Item' button. Press 'OK', then 'Apply' in Krunner settings. 3. Enter 'lambda' or '#lambda' in Krunner's field. OBSERVED RESULT No symbols are proposed. I tried different variations of hex code: without leading zero, prepended by # -- no results. EXPECTED RESULT If I enter '#03BB' in Krunner's field, Greek lambda is proposed by Special Characters plugin. The same symbol should be proposed when I enter its alias. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 20.04 (64-bit) KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0 Qt Version: 5.12.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I found info about "Special Characters" plugin refactoring here: https://phabricator.kde.org/D27096 Maybe it was the cause of it's breakage?
This was fixed some Plasma versions ago, you can work around it by restarting krunner: >kquitapp5 krunner