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Emoji on the command line

37 points by bemmu 11y ago

julien_c 11y ago
Nice work. I think the git log example is contrived though, because you would probably include the real emoji characters in the actual commit title, right?
- hansrodtang 11y ago
  The syntax is common on GitHub: https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#git-commit-messages https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#git...
- johanbrook 11y ago
  You can, but I think regular Unicode emojis are more portable, since most systems and browsers support them these days. No need for :fallbacks:.
- rdancer 11y ago
  Emoji is just Unicode, so putting "I :heart: you" instead of "I ❤️ you" in a Unicode text file is rather, shall we say, na:LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS:ve -- this shit belongs in the editor. As implemented by, for example and in no particular order: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-emoji https://github.com/junegunn/vim-emoji, https://github.com/kyuhi/vim-emoji-complete https://github.com/kyuhi/vim-emoji-complete, https://github.com/mattn/emoji-vim https://github.com/mattn/emoji-vim, https://github.com/rhysd/github-complete.vim https://github.com/rhysd/github-complete.vim. On the command line, the command line is the editor, so this program makes a lot of sense!
kalleboo 11y ago
👍
steckerbrett 11y ago
I've seen applications using this sort of thing but it typically slows down rendering log prints horribly. Use ANSII colour or something if you want things to look pretty, not Unicode.
bentrevor 11y ago
An awk implementation: https://github.com/ecmendenhall/fmj https://github.com/ecmendenhall/fmj
acheron 11y ago
I used to think the "mediaglyphs" in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age were far-fetched.
leni536 11y ago
$ echo "I built a :snowman:." | sed -e 's/:snowman:/☃/g' I built a ☃. The wonders of unicode.
laurentoget 11y ago
Am I the only one who does not understand why emoji are included in unicode? Wasn't unicode supposed to be about encoding glyphs used to write human languages, not cliparts designed by entertainment corporations?
- vorg 11y ago
  The Unicode Consortium need to keep themselves in a job.

37 points by bemmu 11y ago

Nice work. I think the git log example is contrived though, because you would probably include the real emoji characters in the actual commit title, right?

hansrodtang 11y ago
The syntax is common on GitHub: https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#git-commit-messages https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#git...
johanbrook 11y ago
You can, but I think regular Unicode emojis are more portable, since most systems and browsers support them these days. No need for :fallbacks:.
rdancer 11y ago
Emoji is just Unicode, so putting "I :heart: you" instead of "I ❤️ you" in a Unicode text file is rather, shall we say, na:LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS:ve -- this shit belongs in the editor. As implemented by, for example and in no particular order: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-emoji https://github.com/junegunn/vim-emoji, https://github.com/kyuhi/vim-emoji-complete https://github.com/kyuhi/vim-emoji-complete, https://github.com/mattn/emoji-vim https://github.com/mattn/emoji-vim, https://github.com/rhysd/github-complete.vim https://github.com/rhysd/github-complete.vim. On the command line, the command line is the editor, so this program makes a lot of sense!

kalleboo 11y ago

👍

steckerbrett 11y ago

I've seen applications using this sort of thing but it typically slows down rendering log prints horribly. Use ANSII colour or something if you want things to look pretty, not Unicode.

bentrevor 11y ago

An awk implementation: https://github.com/ecmendenhall/fmj https://github.com/ecmendenhall/fmj

acheron 11y ago

I used to think the "mediaglyphs" in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age were far-fetched.

leni536 11y ago

$ echo "I built a :snowman:." | sed -e 's/:snowman:/☃/g' I built a ☃. The wonders of unicode.

laurentoget 11y ago

Am I the only one who does not understand why emoji are included in unicode? Wasn't unicode supposed to be about encoding glyphs used to write human languages, not cliparts designed by entertainment corporations?

vorg 11y ago
The Unicode Consortium need to keep themselves in a job.