Re: Support for shorthand emoji input

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: juri@linkov.net, tor.a.s.kringeland@ntnu.no, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 23:30:18 -0500
> 
>   > It isn't an input method, it's a general-purpose text-replacing
>   > facility.  We need to add it.
> 
> What exactly is the proposed general-purpose text-replacing facility
> that people propose to add?

A facility to let users specify text replacements to be done
on-the-fly as you type.  It should be similar to what the abbrevs do,
just extended to handle non word-constituent characters, including
punctuation and symbols.  For example, replacing -- with the em-dash
character — or 1/2 with ½ or (C) with © or <== with ←.