Unicode emojis shown as tofu

[Eion Robb]

Hi Alex,

Can you try the json-glib dll from
https://eion.robbmob.com/libjson-glib-1.0.dll ?  You might have one that
has the g_unichar_validate() function linking as part of libgobject rather
than libglib.

> what "new version" of GTK is needed?
The one that uses harfbuzz.  I'm not sure what version that is, sorry.

>  I was trying the latest version of 2.x, my attempts at using 3.x failed
completely.
Pidgin 2 works with GTK 2.  Pidgin 3 works with GTK 3.

> this experience feels like going to the doctor with a stomach ache and
being told to manually remove my own appendix.
Welcome to free, self-service, open source? :)

> can you suggest one that is reasonable extensive?
https://github.com/stv0g/unicode-emoji has everything up to Unicode 6.0

Cheers,
Eion


On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 12:51, <pidgin at alexoren.com> wrote:

> Doesn't Pidgin on Linux use a version that supports Emoji?  Why not
> achieve parity?
>
> Also, what "new version" of GTK is needed?  I was trying the latest
> version of 2.x, my attempts at using 3.x failed completely.
>
> I have no experience of working with GTK, and frankly this experience
> feels like going to the doctor with a stomach ache and being told to
> manually remove my own appendix.
>
> Using the themes is hardly a solution since I doubt they have all of the
> unicode emojis that people use.  That said, can you suggest one that is
> reasonable extensive?
>
> Thank you,
> Alex.
>
>
> On 2019-08-28 8:15 PM, Eion Robb wrote:
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > The plugins might not load due to a bad version of libjson-glib that I
> built. It was built in such a way that it won't work on newer versions of
> gtk/glib. I've got a rebuilt json-glib dll that works with newer GTKs that
> you're welcome to try and see if it works. I'll send through the link
> shortly when I'm back at my computer
> >
> > We're talking about whether or not to include a newer GTK in the next
> Pidgin, but there are some downsides such as increased memory usage and
> more leaking GDI handles. Emoji support is a key proponent of updating
> though.
> >
> > Another option you can use is one of the unicode-emoji smiley themes,
> which convert unicode emoji characters into a png image.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eion
> >
> > On Thu., 29 Aug. 2019, 12:04 , <pidgin at alexoren.com <mailto:
> pidgin at alexoren.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I mentioned the issue on the purple-discord github, and was told
> that the reason was that Pidgin on Windows uses an old version of GTK that
> doesn't support emoji.
> >
> >     The suggestion was to manually upgrade the version of GTK but after
> spending hours trying to make it work, I gave up.
> >
> >     I started from the GTK download page, which says:
> >     "Note: These instructions are intended for developers wanting to
> create Windows applications based on GTK, not for end-users. On Windows,
> GTK applications are typically bundled with GTK already, so end-users do
> not need to worry about how to install GTK itself."
> >
> >     Nevertheless, I tried following the directions and ended up with the
> whole MINGW -- all 1.3GB of binaries.  Replaced like-named DLLs in the GTP
> directory, chased DLL dependencies to find which additional ones need to be
> copied, replaced DLLs in the main Pidgin directory...  After many hours I
> got to the point that Pidgin loaded but all the plug-ins failed to load.
> At that point I gave up and reverted.
> >
> >     Can anyone help?
> >
> >     If it's just a question of building Pidgin with a newer version, why
> won't the development team (for the lack of a better term) do it?
> >
> >     Thank you.
> >
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