BjörnMar 5
I was fixing some #Krunner plugin to result better matches.
Being through my use of #Emacs also #Lisp guy made me want to go trough a list like in lisp,
with a while-let unfortunately #CXX doesn't have such a feature.
The first other result I got was about #rust. It does awfully look like lisp from that point of view.
Just the syntax is pretty weird seeing it from that angle.
MikaDec 27
I loveeee #KDE 's #Krunner functionality to quickly gimme currency conversions - it's one of many nice tools u have on #macOS with #Spotlight. What'd be a nice improvement tho, is for it to default the results to YOUR local currency - like what #Apple 's Spotlight does. That way, you can skip explicitly specifying the currency you wish for it to convert to.

I'd investigate the code myself to see if I could write the changes needed for this, or at least create a FR, but I genuinely can never remember where to do so lol. Screw #GitHub, but projects on GH are a loooot easier/more accessible for people to report issues or submit PRs too.
ARGVMI~1.PIFSep 22, 2025

I just discovered that the #macOS #TextEdit app has an interesting feature: it can do math!

For example, if you type the expression “640*480=” then it will autocomplete “307,200”.

I wonder if any other #editor s have this feature?

#KDE 's #Kate does not have this feature, but #KDEPlasma does have something similar: you can type “640*480” into #KRunner (Alt+F2) and press Shift+Enter to copy the answer into the clipboard. Then you can paste it into your document.

Neat!

Andrew WoodsSep 18, 2025

Apps like Raycast, KRunner, Alfred, and Spotlight are commonly called Application Launchers. They’re so much more than that though. If you really about it — They’re really GUI Command Lines. GCL for short.

#raycast #AlfredApp #KRunner #spotlight #GCL

KDE EspañaSep 6, 2025

Aunque el podcast haya tenido un mes de descanso, nuestra comunidad no ha parado, como es de costumbre, así que @DavidMarzalC y @raivenra nos traen en este #KDEexpress un capazo de noticias sobre nuestra familia de aplicaciones preferida y una convocatoria para el 27 en Madrid en el #CañasyPodcasts (@ultimosfeed)

Descripción completa y enlaces como siempre en:
https://kdeexpress.gitlab.io/posts/kdeexpress/53-kde-express/

Temas tratados entre otros:
#Discover #Krunner #KDEframeworks #HDR #Orca #KDEa11y #KaOS #Komodo #KDElinux

MikaJul 7, 2025

Do any #Linux/#KDE users have an idea why an app, on a #KDEPlasma desktop, might start fine on the terminal, and application launcher, but not on #KRunner?

This has been happening for a long time now for me with #virt-manager - tho that wasn't the case in the past for just as long. That being said, IIRC it's happened with the application launcher too, tho that works for me atm, but KRunner almost always fails to launch it - only the app icon appears to be loading on the dock/panel, then it disappears.

When it does happen, journalctl would report this error:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'libvirt'
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Update: found the culprit - #toshy, which is a really cool keymapping tool I use on my desktop that replicates #macOS like keybinds on a Linux desktop.

It's something to do with their #Python virtualenv that's somehow being used by KRunner, that isn't being used elsewhere like on my shell terminal or application launcher. The missing python library isn't installed on that Toshy virtual env - expectedly. Not sure what to do about it just yet.

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Update 2: Issued a bug report on Toshy, to see if they would know if this is something they could fix. A lot more context to this issue and my debugging could be found in that report.

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Final update: It's a known issue caused by Toshy, and it's been fixed since March - I updated it and it works perfectly now YIPPEE <3

🔗 https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy/issues/676

[BUG] Toshy's Python virtual environment causing issues with other app(s) · Issue #676 · RedBearAK/toshy

Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.12.35-1-lts (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen...

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Show threadJuanPCJun 16, 2025
@atareao . Buen aporte 👏 . Yo uso #Krunner . Evidente, soy usuario de #KDE Plasma . Viene por defecto con el escritorio y a mi me llega con lo que hace. Gracias por compartir
Show threaddevSJR  May 30, 2025
@jan
#KRunner
Alt + space ?
https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Krunner
Plasma/Krunner - KDE UserBase Wiki

MikaMay 28, 2025
I posted about this a while back but I guess the bug still exists, and it’s so stupid how easily reproducible it is.

There’s a bug on #KDE Plasma, or perhaps #Krunner specifically, whereby writing a bunch of (ridiculously) simple math equations (i.e. 1+10+15+4, and so on) would keep increasing RAM usage RAPIDLY to the point that your entire desktop would freeze - needing a complete power cycle to your computer.

I literally have 32GB of RAM - that ain’t enough on a #KDEPlasma desktop apparently. It’s so fucking stupid - I’ve a long running task going on in the background too (and no - that wasn’t a factor, my RAM usage was sitting at ~30% before shooting to 98% while I was doing the calculations).
MikaApr 29, 2025
#Krunner froze my entire #KDE Plasma desktop just from writing up a 'long', simple math equation while I was calculating some of my expenses lol. My desktop is completely unresponsive now and I couldn't do anything about it, not even Caps Lock on my keyboard respond. All I can see is my applet that monitors RAM usage last reported to be at 97%.

I'm sure about half of it is probably #Firefox, but I'm also certain the rest was caused by Krunner since I wasn't really doing anything else - as much as I love KDE Plasma, time and time again I'm getting closer and closer to upgrading to 64GB of RAM, which sounds hellllla ridiculous for a regular ol' desktop and not a homelab server.

Forreal tho, as much as I despise #macOS, how is it that my #MacBook Air M1 can fly with pretty much the same workflow with just 8GB of RAM and never encounter any types of freezes, at most it just feels sluggish (which is just a regular macOS thing), meanwhile this much more powerful machine with 32GB of RAM just freaking... dies from doing simple math calculations on Spotlight?