bug#56691: outline-minor-mode displays navigation arrow buttons as emojis

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:57:11 +1000
> From:  "Paul W. Rankin" via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> Summary:
> 
> First discovered in the describe-bindings buffer (C-h b). Screenshot: 
> http://0x0.st/ojN5.png
> 
> Buffers using outline-minor-mode will attempt to add navigation arrow 
> buttons (i.e. show/hide) displaying emojis instead of arrows or text 
> representation.

To get what you want, customize the variable
outline-minor-mode-buttons to swap the two sub-lists in the default
value.

> 1. $emacs -Q
> 2. C-h b
> 
> Expected results:
> 
> Buffer navigation arrows are arrows.
> 
> Actual results:
> 
> Buffer navigation arrows are emojis.

I see nothing wrong in the default behavior, FWIW.

> Notes for the committer:
> 
> Do not use emojis in software designed for adults; what you see as 
> whimsical appears to others as childish and unprofessional. While I 
> cannot speak for vision-impaired users, this also raises the issue of 
> whether emojis appropriated for functional use create yet another 
> difficulty for those requiring screen readers.
> 
> As always, if you wish to add a feature to Emacs (i.e. not fix a bug) -- 
> do not make that new feature enabled by default! This is incredibly 
> rude. Document the feature and allow others to make their own choices.

These are your opinions, and you are entitled to them.  But they
aren't necessarily absolutely true.  The important part is that this
should be easily customizable.  I don't think we are there yet, so
some work is clearly in order.  But not necessarily to change the
default.

Thanks.