[Pidgin] #14992: improve Emotion handling

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#14992: improve Emotion handling
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 Reporter:  calestyo     |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new         
Milestone:               |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.10.2       |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by calestyo):

 So far this is already more or less possible, by creating many rules with
 the text-replacement plugin (you basically replace all the shortcuts by
 either the unicode character or the textual representation).

 It would be nice if one wouldn't have to create the rules manually but if
 there was just a smiley-text-replacement plugin.
 It should take the proposed theme file structure from above:
 <filename> <textual representation> <unicode> <shortcut 1> <shortcut 2>
 ... <shortcut n>

 And replace shortcuts by the Unicode character (if available) or by the
 textual representation 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.

 I've opened a ticket (#14993) which requests such a plugin.

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