Changes/IBus Emoji Typing

IBus Emoji Typing

Summary

The IBus core will provides the Emoji Unicode typing with the IBus XKB engines.

Owner

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

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 25
• Last updated: 2016-07-20
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

IBus has already provided Unicode hex codes tying with Ctrl-Shift-u and now we think the similar implementation for the Emoji typing. With IBus XKB engines, Emoji typing will be provided with the Emoji annotations following Ctrl-Shift-e.

Benefit to Fedora

Emoji typing is the popular script on SNS, E-mail, 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

1. Log into non-GNOME desktop.
2. Run "ibus-setup" utility and enable any IBus XKB engines.
3. Open any IBus clients, e.g. firefox
4. Type Ctrl-Shift-e-smiley

Show the smiley Emojis.

User Experience

This time provides the English words.

Dependencies

nodejs-emojione

Note: nodejs-emojione is required by ibus build only. ibus converts emoji.json in nodejs-emojione to a GHashTable dict during the package build. You can get the IBus SRPM.

Contingency Plan

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

Documentation

N/A