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Re: Support for shorthand emoji input
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Support for shorthand emoji input |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:35:55 +0200 |
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:59:20 +0200
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> BTW, another missing feature is an input method that would turn
> a key sequence like ‘: - )’ into ‘😀’. Many apps provide such
> feature that surprisingly works like input methods in Emacs,
> e.g. an incomplete sequence is left untranslated, etc.
It isn't an input method, it's a general-purpose text-replacing
facility. We need to add it. Currently, abbrevs can be used as
poor-man's alternative, but abbrevs cannot replace arbitrary text.
The feature should offer several popular replacements and allow users
to select and add to them.