Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Emoji in IceCat

[David Hedlund]

On 2018-04-21 02:29, Felix Fröhlich wrote:
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> Hi David,
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> As Mart wrote in his reply, my initial issue has been resolved.

Can you reproduce this issue in the upstream Firefox ESR version? Once 
you have verified that you'll be able to let us know if this is a bug in 
IceCat or not. Can you please do that to help us?

> I'm not sure, though, if creating a bug report for this would be
> appropriate, as IIRC emoji have been a problem in terms of displaying
> them ever since I installed IceCat (both the downloads from
> gnu.org/s/gnuzilla and Guix).
>
> Working around the issue at hand is quite easy once you're aware of the
> about:config options and are not afraid to use it. For me, it wasn't a
> problem once I got the know-how from Mart, but it may confuse "normal"
> users who most likely expect emoji to work out-of-the-box.
>
> However, that's just my two cents, so feel free to ignore it.
>
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> Felix Fröhlich
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> On Fri, 2018-04-20 at 21:19 +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> > Mart, is this "Emoji in IceCat" issue a bug or not?
> >
> >
> > On 2018-04-20 19:51, Mart Rootamm wrote:
> > > Felix,
> > > There are additional font size settings in about:config, if you
> > > search
> > > there just with 'font'.
> > >
> > > The about:config solution is one, though in some operating systems,
> > > browsers typically default to the closest possible match, if they
> > > rely
> > > on the OS to match missing characters, thus precluding the trip to
> > > about:config.
> > >
> > > wrt font size, can you send a screenshot of what the Noto emoji
> > > look
> > > like for you with text?
> > > For example, both in a plain Wikipedia article, and in a textarea
> > > (editing an article).
> > >
> > > wrt to replies, then I originally sent a reply both to bug-
> > > gnuzilla,
> > > and a carbon copy to you. On assumption, that you've subscribed
> > > anyway, then I won't :cc you.
> > >
> > > -M.
> > >
> > > 2018-04-20 0:52 GMT +03:00, Felix Fröhlich <address@hidden
> > > de>:
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> > > > Whoops. Apparently that email didn't include the previous reply I
> > > > sent
> > > > to Mart. Here you go:
> > > >
> > > >       Hi Mart,
> > > >
> > > >       Great! Thanks for the advice.
> > > >
> > > >       I added the Noto Color Emoji font to the following
> > > > about:config
> > > >       settings:
> > > >
> > > >        * font.name.monospace.x-unicode
> > > >        * font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode
> > > >        * font.name.serif.x-unicode
> > > >
> > > >       Now the Emoji actually do show up. They're way too big,
> > > > though ^^
> > > >
> > > >       I'll play around with the font settings and see if I can
> > > > manage
> > > >       this; Maybe I'll have to use a different font.
> > > >
> > > > - --
> > > > Felix Fröhlich
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> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2018-04-19 at 23:33 +0200, Felix Fröhlich wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > So, erm, that was... not optimal. I wrote the mail to Mart and
> > > > > bug-
> > > > > gnuz
> > > > > address@hidden because for some reason I believed that was
> > > > > the
> > > > > correct email address... Please don't ask me why.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyhow, with Mart's help I figured out how to display the emoji
> > > > > (see
> > > > > below).
> > > > >
> > > > > I also found out that -- for some reason I don't know -- the
> > > > > Noto
> > > > > Color
> > > > > Emoji font on my system appears to be corrupted, as the font
> > > > > shows up
> > > > > as what looks like a rounded square in gnome-font-viewer (see
> > > > > attachment). Not sure what causes this, but I fell back to the
> > > > > uncoloured version of that font, namely Noto Emoji. It's no big
> > > > > deal,
> > > > > really.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now all emoji that I wanted to display show up just fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks again for your help, Mart!
> > > > >
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