Bug 470134 - Emoji Selector could be useful for selecting latex symbols
Summary: Emoji Selector could be useful for selecting latex symbols
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Emoji Selector (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2023-05-22 16:11 UTC by Aleksey Kladov
Modified: 2023-05-22 20:49 UTC (History)
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Description Aleksey Kladov 2023-05-22 16:11:59 UTC
In addition to emojies, I often want to copy-paste math symbols (\cap, \cup, \infty, etc). Emoji Selector would be a perfect UI for me to do that. To not clutter the emoji list itself, latex symbols can be suggested only when the query string starts with `\`. 

I think I can use `kcharselect` for a similar purpose, but this solution has the following shortcomings: 

- i'd need separate shortcuts for "launch emojier" and "launch kcharselect", although I think about both as "I want some unicode symbol"
- kcharselect UI is clunky
- kcharselect doesn't actually support latex aliases


I guess this wish can be split into two: 

- extend emojier into general "pick unicode symbols by names" functionality
- add latex aliases for math symbols
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-05-22 20:49:36 UTC
It's an interesting idea, but I think you can see from its name that the Emoji Selector really is intended just to be for selecting emojis. The request is quire far out of scope, I'm afraid.