Re: Entering emojis

[William Xu]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>
>>> Yes, a huge grid (divided into sections) is probably also a good thing,
>>> but that would be a separate command, like `list-emojis' or something.
>>
>> If we set aside the difficulties of implementing it, wouldn't it be
>> natural to just have one unified interface, that supports both using
>> keys like a-z and arrow keys+RET to pick the emoji you want?
>
> The huge grid wouldn't really be navigable by keyboard input, I think?
> I mean, there's thousands of the darn things, and my keyboard doesn't
> have that many keys.

If the names of emojis are also displayed, one may just search by its
name.. (or use somthing like avy-goto-char) Sounds more convenient than
having to go deep several levels to pick up an emoji.

-- 
William