Re: emojis not colored

[Colin Baxter 😺]

>>>>> Colin Baxter 😺 <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
    >>> From: Colin Baxter 😺 <m43cap@yandex.com> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021
    >>> 15:06:42 +0000
    >>> 
    >>> If I open emacs-29 by doing "emacs -Q <RET>" and use "M-x
    >>> emoji-list <RET>" then I see emojis but only as
    >>> black-and-white. I do not see colored emojis at all. I have used
    >>> 
    >>> (set-fontset-font t 'emoji '("Noto Color Emoji" . "iso10646-1")
    >>> nil 'prepend)
    >>> 
    >>> and variations but to no avail.

    >> Does Emacs indeed use Noto Color Emoji for the Emoji codepoints?
    >> Use "C-u C-x =" to tell.

    > Ah, it appears that the ~/.fonts/NotoColorEmoji.ttf is not being
    > found.  The emojis are all Symbola. If I delete all the fonts
    > (including Symbola) from my ~/.fonts, with the exception of
    > NotoColorEmoji.ttf, then C-u C-x = shows the emoji to be now
    > Unifont. It looks like a problem with my font configurations or
    > with my copy of NotoColorEmoji.

I can get emojis with Segoe ui emoji using

(set-fontset-font t 'emoji
                    '("Segoe ui emoji" . "iso10646-1") nil 'prepend)

and C-u C-x = confirms that its -microsoft-Segoe UI Emoji-regular. The
emojis are not colored. I think my copy of NotoColorEmoji.ttf may be
corrupt.

Best wishes,