Compose emojis

[Bonface Munyoki K.]

You may find this interesting:
https://lunaryorn.com/compose-emojis?pk_campaign=rss-feed:

> I just learned a nice trick: On Linux I can
> actually define custom sequences for the Compose
> key.
>
> I just need to create a ~/.XCompose file and can
> start to define new sequences for e.g. emojis:
>
> include "%S/en_US.UTF-8/Compose"
>
> <Multi_key> <period> <p>
> <r> <a> <y> : "🙏"
> <Multi_key> <period> <less>
> <3> <parenright> : "😍"
> <Multi_key> <period> <less>
> <3> <period> : "❤️"
> <Multi_key> <period> <less>
> <3> <asterisk> : "😘"
>
>
> man 5 Compose documents the format, though Gtk
> doesn’t seem to support all of it: It doesn’t
> handle includes apparently, and always seems to
> include its own hard-coded list of compose
> sequences.
>
> I found a nice Gist with some sequences, and I
> started to write my own.

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[Alan Orth]

Hey,

This is the first time I've heard of the "compose" key. Looks X11 specific? Besides the fact that I've been Wayland only for a few years, I have been using Ctrl-Shift-U to enter Unicode characters for years. You just need to memorize the Unicode character's hex code! ;) Here are some that I use daily:

• → (2192) for a better version of ->
  
• – (2013) aka an "en" dash, for ranges like 0–5 or as a substitute for versus the Russo–Turkish wars
  
• — (2014) aka an "em" dash for a prettier approximation of ; or ()
• ¹ (00b9) for a superscript 1! w00t for footnotes
• ² (00b2) for a superscript 2!

I haven't memorized any emojis, but since they are characters in the Unicode set, you can type them fine. 🔥 (1f525).

Peace,

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[Bonface M. K]

Alan Orth <alan...@gmail.com> anaandika:

> Hey,
>
> This is the first time I've heard of the "compose" key. Looks X11 specific?
> Besides the fact that I've been Wayland only for a few years, I have been
> using Ctrl-Shift-U to enter Unicode characters for years. You just need to
> memorize the Unicode character's hex code! ;) Here are some that I use
> daily:
>

> - → (2192) for a better version of ->

> - – (2013) aka an "en" dash, for ranges like 0–5 or as a substitute for

> *versus* the Russo–Turkish wars
> - — (2014) aka an "em" dash for a prettier approximation of ; or ()
> - ¹ (00b9) for a superscript 1! w00t for footnotes
> - ² (00b2) for a superscript 2!

>
> I haven't memorized any emojis, but since they are characters in the
> Unicode set, you can type them fine. 🔥 (1f525).

Thanks. I wound up just using Emac's emojify-mode
(particularly /emojify-insert-emoji/) which
enables me to insert emojis in unicode without
hassle.

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