https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465723
Bug ID: 465723
Summary: Search should be diacritic insensitive while results
should prefer them when available.
Classification: Plasma
Product: krunner
Version: 5.27.0
Platform: Neon
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: eridanired...@yahoo.com.mx
CC: alexander.loh...@gmx.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
1. It is usual for search engines (from Google to Discover app search) to not
care if people typed a word with its diacritic signs or without them, returning
equal results no matter how the word was written. This is not the case for
Krunner, as it returns different results.
As an example, in Spanish, the correct way to spell “Japan” in a written text
would be “Japón” but typing it correctly involves pressing a [modifier key] +
[accent key] + [O] key to obtain “ó”. That is quite complex for a quick search,
so people usually just presses the “O” key to type “japon”, not caring even for
caps, leaving the rest to the search engines.
2. However, in some cases diacritics change the meaning of a word by 180º, so
if people have typed them, the results should prefer matches with them, while
still showing the results that do not have them because it is common to mistype
them in some cases.
As an example, in Spanish “inglés” (English) can't be more distinct from
“ingles” (groins), the difference residing only in the accent on top of the
letter “e”.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Launch KRunner using Spanish locale*** and search for:
A) “hora japon”
B) “hora japón”
OBSERVED RESULT
Case (A) returns nothing, while case (B) properly returns Japan's date and
time.
EXPECTED RESULT
Both searches should return the matches from case (A).
Additionally, search (B) should also return its own matches and show them on
top.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.27
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-60-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
*** I use Plasma in Spanish, hence is the case I can talk about, but there is a
related bug for Arabic already open, so I can imagine how this may apply to
other languages as well.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465333
Is this even a Krunner bug?, there are many components affected with a similar
issue, see:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250345
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274933
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429448
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