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* Emoji Feature REquest: Show Composition Name in Transient Menus?
@ 2021-11-01 13:55 T.V Raman
  2021-11-01 13:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: T.V Raman @ 2021-11-01 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

This would be nice to have if one cannot see the screen when picking
an emoji. It might also make typing faster for everyone, see below.

Example: Shrug Emoji

This has a bunch of variants via composition.

C-x 8 RET nets you the vanilla Shrug: 🤷

But the newer variants aware emoji interface nets you a lot more, e.g.
🤷🏼
composition name: person shrugging: medium-light skin tone

Requests:

1. Could we surface the composition name in the transient choices?
Perhaps via some property?

2. Could we surface the composition name via completion when called
   with C-x 8 RET?

   
Which C-x = reveals is a 

-- 

Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
♉ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮

-- 

Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
♉ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮



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* Re: Emoji Feature REquest: Show Composition Name in Transient Menus?
  2021-11-01 13:55 Emoji Feature REquest: Show Composition Name in Transient Menus? T.V Raman
@ 2021-11-01 13:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  2021-11-01 17:48   ` T.V Raman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-11-01 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: T.V Raman; +Cc: emacs-devel

"T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:

> This would be nice to have if one cannot see the screen when picking
> an emoji. It might also make typing faster for everyone, see below.

If you want the names, then `C-x 8 e s' or `C-x 8 e l' are better
choices.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no



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* Re: Emoji Feature REquest: Show Composition Name in Transient Menus?
  2021-11-01 13:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-11-01 17:48   ` T.V Raman
  2021-11-01 17:53     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: T.V Raman @ 2021-11-01 17:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: emacs-devel

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Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

But C-x 8 e s still doesn't let me pick variants by name?
> "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:
>
>> This would be nice to have if one cannot see the screen when picking
>> an emoji. It might also make typing faster for everyone, see below.
>
> If you want the names, then `C-x 8 e s' or `C-x 8 e l' are better
> choices.

-- 

Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
7©4 Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  •0Ü8



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* Re: Emoji Feature REquest: Show Composition Name in Transient Menus?
  2021-11-01 17:48   ` T.V Raman
@ 2021-11-01 17:53     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  2021-11-01 18:39       ` T.V Raman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-11-01 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: T.V Raman; +Cc: emacs-devel

"T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:

> But C-x 8 e s still doesn't let me pick variants by name?

Oh, variants...  no, that's true.  I guess there should be a text
interface for that, too.  Shouldn't be hard to add.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no



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* Re: Emoji Feature REquest: Show Composition Name in Transient Menus?
  2021-11-01 17:53     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-11-01 18:39       ` T.V Raman
  2021-11-01 18:48         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: T.V Raman @ 2021-11-01 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: emacs-devel

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Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:


Thx. While at it, perhaps we could factor out a char-composition-name
function out of describe-char?

> "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:
>
>> But C-x 8 e s still doesn't let me pick variants by name?
>
> Oh, variants...  no, that's true.  I guess there should be a text
> interface for that, too.  Shouldn't be hard to add.

-- 

Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
7©4 Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  •0Ü8



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* Re: Emoji Feature REquest: Show Composition Name in Transient Menus?
  2021-11-01 18:39       ` T.V Raman
@ 2021-11-01 18:48         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-11-01 18:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: T.V Raman; +Cc: emacs-devel

"T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:

> Thx. While at it, perhaps we could factor out a char-composition-name
> function out of describe-char?

It's on `C-x 8 e d'.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no



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