[Pidgin] #14993: add a method/plugin, that does automatic text replacement based on the smiley theme

[Pidgin]

#14993: add a method/plugin, that does automatic text replacement based on the
smiley theme
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 Reporter:  calestyo        |     Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  plugin request  |    Status:  new       
Component:  unclassified    |   Version:  2.10.2    
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 Hi.

 In pidgin bug #14992 I talk about how emoticon handling can be improved
 generally.

 In comment #1 I lay out that a plugin would be nice that does automatic
 text replacement based on the "current" theme file.


 I propose to use the following theme file structure:
 <filename> <textual representation> <unicode> <shortcut 1> <shortcut 2>
 ... <shortcut n>

 e.g.
 astonished.gif *astonished* 😲 :-O :-o :O :o


 The plugin requested in this ticket should replace shortcuts (:-O :-o :O
 :o) by the Unicode character (😲) (if available) or by the textual
 representation (*astonished*) as a fallback.
 If the unicode is available, the textual representation should be
 replaced, too.

 The textual representation comes first in the columns, as the first column
 is the one shown by pidgin in the smiley selector,.. and I guess having
 the text there is more useful than the unicode glyph, which alone (I mean
 the drawing) doesn't tell the user necessarily what it means.

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