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[PATCH] Support Emoji Variation Sequence 16 (FE0F) where appropriate

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Message #153 received at 63731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rpluim <at> gmail.com
Cc: 63731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, steven <at> stebalien.com
Subject: Re: bug#63731: [PATCH] Support Emoji Variation Sequence 16 (FE0F)
 where appropriate
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:31:58 +0300

> Cc: 63731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, steven <at> stebalien.com
> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:12:20 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> >     Eli> So you are saying that, in our default fontset, we should specify that
> >     Eli> #xFE0E should be displayed by Noto Emoji (with Symbola as fallback),
> >     Eli> and then make sure that font_range uses the same font for the likes of
> >     Eli> #x23E9?  IOW, specify a different font for VS-15 even though is script
> >     Eli> is 'emoji'?
> > 
> > Yes, that works (and we can remove VS-15 and VS-16 from the emoji
> > script, so that theyʼll then be displayed via
> > `glyphless-char-display-control' when theyʼre on their own).
> 
> What about the rest of VS-nn? do they need to stay in 'emoji' script,
> and if so, why?

And one more question: if we remove VS-16 from the emoji script, what
will happen to the sequences like U+23E9 U+FE0F?  Isn't it true that
we use a color Emoji font for those because VS-16 is in emoji script?

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