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Re: Entering emojis
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Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
Re: Entering emojis |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:36:44 +0200 |
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:48:37 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
>> I'm surprised to learn that I have to say:
>>
>> (set-fontset-font t 'emoji
>> '("Apple Color Emoji" . "iso10646-1") nil 'prepend)
>>
>> Is that correct?
Eli> Not sure, because I think other users of macOS said they get this
Eli> automatically. Is this in "emacs -Q"? (Once again, a detailed bug
Eli> report is sorely needed.)
They do? When using one of the other ports, maybe.
>> Why can't we just do that automatically?
Eli> I don't know why the macOS font backend doesn't find this font in your
Eli> case, it's something that should be investigated.
I have a vague memory that thereʼs code in the macOS font backend that
will only allow color fonts if explicitly requested, and there being a
good reason for it. Iʼll trawl through my archives.
>> Also, and I'm sorry in advance, but can we please change the text to
>> something understandable?
I understand it perfectly :-)
>> ** New character script 'emoji' has been created.
>> Various blocks of codepoints have been split out of the 'symbol'
>> script into their own 'emoji' script to allow easier specification of
>> their treatment. Which codepoints are treated as emoji is derived
>> from the Unicode specifications.
>>
>> Uh, what? I have no idea what practical difference any of the words in
>> the above would make. Blocks of codepoints? What is a 'symbol' script?
>> Am I a horrible programmer and human being if I don't know what any of
>> this means?
You'll be telling me next you've not read tr-51 even once.
Eli> Frankly, I think the level of sarcasm here is a bit overboard. The
Eli> issue is indeed highly technical, and if one pretends not to know what
Eli> Emoji are, nor how their support before Emacs 28 was lacking, and if
Eli> you never tried to customize your fontsets to support Emoji (or any
Eli> other character) better, then yes, it's easy to conclude that the
Eli> above is useless.
This is why Eli is the maintainer: he can express these things clearly
and without rancour (I tend to fail at the latter portion, and end up
having to delete what Iʼve written, which I did several times in this
reply)
Eli> Anyway, I tried to clarify that entry as best I could, I hope it's an
Eli> improvement.
LGTM
If I were to nitpick, Iʼd drop this hunk:
+where "My New Emoji Font" should be replaced by the actual name of the
+font you want to use.
because to me thatʼs obvious, but itʼs a minor point.
Robert
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