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Users will be able to enter emoji emoticons easily using ibus XKB. | |||
For this initial implementation only English keywoards are supported. | |||
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Revision as of 08:53, 31 August 2016
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
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))".
- (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
Note: nodejs-emojione is required by ibus package as a build dependency only. The updated ibus package build will convert 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: Beta freeze
- Blocks release? No
- Blocks product? No
Documentation
N/A