From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 64024@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64024: 29.0.91; `emoji-insert` shows me confusing empty lists
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:12:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2e319d6dd8ae9e3f7b9e@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <838rcluwxf.fsf@gnu.org>
>>>> Perhaps the emoji-* commands (C-x 8 e [eilrs]) should simply error
>>>> out when (list-fonts (font-spec :script 'emoji)) is nil?
>>>
>>> FWIW, I do like being able to insert some emojis even if I don't have
>>> access to all of them (and actually I'd even be happy to insert them
>>> without being able to see them, assuming I can see their name instead
>>> :-)
>>
>> Yes, but you can still do that with C-x 8 RET, right? The C-x 8 e
>> commands use transient menus, and (as you described in the bug report)
>> don't quite work when a suitable emoji font is not available.
>>
>> In theory, another option would be to display, in these transient
>> menus, emoji names instead of emoji characters when no emoji font is
>> available, but there is not enough room for list of names such as
>> "SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES AND HAND COVERING MOUTH" (which fit
>> better in *Completions*).
>
> We have the "emoji" input method, which can help here, I think.
>
That's yet another way to do it. But without a suitable font it doesn't
work well either, e.g. after :) you see a list of four possible choices
which are displayed in the echo area with tofus.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-15 8:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-12 18:15 bug#64024: 29.0.91; `emoji-insert` shows me confusing empty lists Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-13 2:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-14 20:49 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-14 21:36 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-06-14 22:49 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-14 23:05 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-06-15 5:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-15 8:12 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2023-06-15 8:30 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-15 8:41 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-06-15 8:44 ` Gregory Heytings
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