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IBus Emoji Typing

Summary

The IBus core will provide the Emoji (emoticon) Unicode input using IBus XKB engines.

Owner

Name: Takao Fujiwara
Email: tfujiwar [at] redhat [dot] com
Release notes owner:

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 25
Last updated: 2016-08-31
Tracker bug: #1359753

Detailed Description

IBus already has a feature to enter Unicode hexcodes using Ctrl-Shift-u and now we plan a similar implementation for inputting Emoji. With IBus XKB engines, Emoji input will be provided using Emoji annotations after Ctrl-Shift-e.

Benefit to Fedora

It will be easier for users to enter Emoji, which are popular on SNS, E-mail, and Chat.

Scope

Proposal owners:
- IBus core provide the dictionary of the Emoji typing.
- IBus XKB engines load the Emoji dictionary.

Other developers: N/A

Release engineering: N/A
- List of deliverables: N/A

Policies and guidelines: N/A

Trademark approval: N/A

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Users don't have to type Ctrl-Shift-e if they don't need to type Emoji.

How To Test

for non-GNOME desktop

Log into non-GNOME desktop.
Run "ibus-setup" utility and enable any IBus XKB engines.
Open any IBus clients, e.g. firefox
Type Ctrl-Shift-e-smile and show the smile emoji characters.
Type Space keys to choose a emoji character and Enter key to commit the character.

for GNOME desktop

Log into GNOME desktop.
Run "gnome-control-center region" utility and enable any XKB engines and one more IBus input method engines, E.g. "English (US)" and "English (English - US (Typing Booster))".
1. (since GNOME enables gtk-im-context-simple instead of the IBus XKB engine if no IBus input method engines are enabled)
Open any IBus clients, e.g. firefox or gedit
Activate the XKB engine. E.g. "English (US)".
Type Ctrl-Shift-e-smile and show the smile emoji characters.
Type Space keys to choose a emoji character and Enter key to commit the character.

User Experience

Users will be able to enter emoji emoticons easily using ibus XKB. For this initial implementation only English keywoards are supported.

Dependencies

nodejs-emojione is required by ibus package as a build dependency only. During the ibus build emoji.json from nodejs-emojione is converted to a GHashTable dictionary.

Contingency Plan

Contingency mechanism: Drop the feature in Fedora 25 and postpone it to Fedora 26
Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
Blocks release? No
Blocks product? No

Documentation

N/A

Release Notes

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 == Summary ==
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-The IBus core will provides the Emoji Unicode typing with the IBus XKB engines.
+The IBus core will provide the Emoji (emoticon) Unicode input using IBus XKB engines.
 == Owner ==
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 CLOSED as NEXTRELEASE -> change is completed and verified and will be delivered in next release under development
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-* Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* Tracker bug: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1359753 #1359753]
 == Detailed Description ==
-IBus has already provided Unicode hex codes tying with Ctrl-Shift-u and now we think the similar implementation for the Emoji typging.
+IBus already has a feature to enter Unicode hexcodes using Ctrl-Shift-u and now we plan a similar implementation for inputting Emoji.
-With IBus XKB engines, Emoji typing will be provided with the [http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/index.html#col-annotations Emoji annotations] following Ctrl-Shift-e.
+With IBus XKB engines, Emoji input will be provided using [http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/index.html#col-annotations Emoji annotations] after Ctrl-Shift-e.
 <!-- Expand on the summary, if appropriate.  A couple sentences suffices to explain the goal, but the more details you can provide the better. -->
 == Benefit to Fedora ==
-Emoji typing is the popular script on SNS, E-mail, Chat.
+It will be easier for users to enter Emoji, which are popular on SNS, E-mail, and Chat.
 <!-- What is the benefit to the platform?  If this is a major capability update, what has changed?  If this is a new functionality, what capabilities does it bring? Why will Fedora become a better distribution or project because of this proposal?-->
 == Scope ==
 * Proposal owners:
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 == How To Test ==
+=== for non-GNOME desktop ===
 # Log into non-GNOME desktop.
 # Run "ibus-setup" utility and enable any IBus XKB engines.
 # Open any IBus clients, e.g. firefox
-# Type Ctrl-Shift-u-smiley
+# Type Ctrl-Shift-e-smile and show the smile emoji characters.
-Show the smiley Emojis.
+# Type Space keys to choose a emoji character and Enter key to commit the character.
+=== for GNOME desktop ===
+# Log into GNOME desktop.
+# Run "gnome-control-center region" utility and enable any XKB engines and one more IBus input method engines, E.g. "English (US)" and "English (English - US (Typing Booster))".
+## (since GNOME enables gtk-im-context-simple instead of the IBus XKB engine if no IBus input method engines are enabled)
+# Open any IBus clients, e.g. firefox or gedit
+# Activate the XKB engine. E.g. "English (US)".
+# Type Ctrl-Shift-e-smile and show the smile emoji characters.
+# Type Space keys to choose a emoji character and Enter key to commit the character.
 <!-- This does not need to be a full-fledged document. Describe the dimensions of tests that this change implementation is expected to pass when it is done.  If it needs to be tested with different hardware or software configurations, indicate them.  The more specific you can be, the better the community testing can be.
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 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-This time provides the English words.
+Users will be able to enter emoji emoticons easily using ibus XKB.
+For this initial implementation only English keywoards are supported.
 == Dependencies ==
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 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350700 nodejs-emojione]
+[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350700 nodejs-emojione] is required by ibus package as a build dependency only.
+During the ibus build emoji.json from nodejs-emojione is converted to a GHashTable dictionary.
 == Contingency Plan ==
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 * Contingency mechanism:  Drop the feature in Fedora 25 and postpone it to Fedora 26 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
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-* Contingency deadline: Probably Fedora 25 Alpha freeze <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
+* Contingency deadline: Beta freeze <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 <!-- Does finishing this feature block the release, or can we ship with the feature in incomplete state? -->
 * Blocks release? No <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
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-[[Category:ChangeReadyForWrangler]]
+[[Category:ChangeAcceptedF25]]
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