GNU bug report logs - #63731
[PATCH] Support Emoji Variation Sequence 16 (FE0F) where appropriate

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From: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 63731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63731: [PATCH] Support Emoji Variation Sequence 16 (FE0F) where appropriate
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 09:03:28 -0700

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Welcome to the wonderful world of Unicode. The reason the table exists
> is that there are codepoints that are *not* emoji, but theyʼre part of
> emoji sequences, so we still need to treat them as emoji in some
> situations. Why Unicode didnʼt just make them emoji I donʼt know.

Got it... It sounds like the "correct" solution is to download the full
list (emoji-variation-sequences.txt) and filter for non-emoji
characters, but I guess that's overkill.

Thanks!

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