[Pidgin] #12514: Fundamental flaw in smiley theme options.

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#12514: Fundamental flaw in smiley theme options.
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 Reporter:  spoof                                      |        Owner:  salinasv        
     Type:  defect                                     |       Status:  pending         
Milestone:                                             |    Component:  custom emoticons
  Version:  2.7.3                                      |   Resolution:                  
 Keywords:  emoticons smileys settings options themes  |  
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Changes (by spoof):

  * status:  pending => new


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 darkrain42]:
 > > Right; I want no emoticons to be sent by me.
 >
 > You're missing the point.  For the vast majority of "smilies" (in fact,
 all the ones you use), like ":)" or ":(", they're sent over the wire ''as
 text''.  Your client and the remote client simply replace that text with
 graphical images.

 I don't believe I'm missing ''that'' point... I'm aware of that. The point
 I'm trying to make is that I want other users' clients not to replace my
 text smilies with emoticons (which I guess one cannot really enforce), but
 still allow them to send their smilies to me. The whole concept I'm trying
 for here is that different types of smilies have different connotations
 and appearance, so if I mean ":)" it shouldn't come out as some
 application's custom image. And if I mean to send the ''emoticon'' for
 ":)", it should send that emoticon. You know? :\ I'm starting to suspect
 this might be a behavior not everyone would want. (This whole emoticon
 business is just a mess IMO.)

 > > > Accepting or not incoming *Custom* emoticons is another option and
 don't should be treated as one.
 > >
 > > Sorry, I didn't quite understand that.
 >
 > MSN and XMPP support the ability to define custom emoticons (one of the
 CPWs has one that replaces "(homer)" with a picture of Homer Simpson).  In
 this case, the message sent over the wire contains some metadata that says
 "Hey, that text '(homer)' is actually an emoticon.  Come get it from me"
 and the receiving client fetches the image from the sending client.

 That's not really what I didn't understand. What I didn't understand was
 the "and don't should be treated as one."

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