Hello @Raroun hope you're well. every now & then, when i have joined a different #Friendica instance in the past, i ask this same question of its Owners / Admins. always it's the same negative answer, but i live in hope!
on Masto & Sharkey instances, if the Admins are willing, it is technically possible to add FOSS emojis to the servers. consequently, on many of my instances i've been able to include these in various posts when applicable:
:linux: :archlinux: :kde: :plasma: :zenbrowser: :floorp: :firefox_nightly: :firefox: :thunderbird: :fedora: :opensuse: :debian:
so... is there yet any way that such emojis can be added to your instance, please?
cc: @Friendica Support
Random Penguin
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •Michael πΊπ¦
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •Friendica supports custom emojis from other instances, but we don't support adding new ones per instance. One reason is that there is still an accessibility issue with them, see my issue that I created in the Mastodon repository in 2018: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/iβ¦
Another reason is that Friendica is able to create posts that also appear on other system (not only ActivityPub). But these custom emojis will only work with ActivityPub and will look ugly on other systems.
Droppie [opensoc]
in reply to Michael πΊπ¦ • • •@Michael πΊπ¦ @Raroun
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so, even though, for instance, the obliging Admins at blahaj.zone & infosec.exchange/space added those ones in my OP for me, it can't now be done for @Raroun to just borrow them from either of those servers?
that's so disappointing. π₯Ί
Michael πΊπ¦
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •Droppie [opensoc]
in reply to Michael πΊπ¦ • • •Michael πΊπ¦
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •Matthias
in reply to Michael πΊπ¦ • • •@Michael πΊπ¦
Many of the above are available with the "smiley_pack" add-on.
I rewrote the add-on for my node. It's easier to maintain and delivers the same result.
github.com/loma-one/private_Frβ¦
@Raroun @Droppie [opensoc]
Droppie [opensoc]
in reply to Matthias • • •Raroun
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •I just activitated the standard "Smiley Pack Addon" for Friendica.
I will have a look at the custom addon from @Matthias at the weekend :)
Droppie [opensoc]
in reply to Raroun • • •@Matthias @Michael πΊπ¦
Droppie [opensoc]
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •@Raroun
Here's a screenshot of what i now see, in draft / preview format, when i paste my original emoji-suite again, since @Raroun kindly enabled / added
so i can see that yes, some of my desired #FOSSemojis now work, but sadly still most don't. i shall be most interested to see what might happen after this weekend. π€ π€ π€
George E. πΊπΈβ₯πΊπ¦π΅πΈπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •FYI but every one of those β:customemojis:β has to have the actual PNG or GIF uploaded to YOUR instance for any of them to work.
Until then they're simply not going to work no matter what you do.
They are not universal. Each custom emoji is unique to the instance that has it.
My instance might have
:heart:look like this: β₯οΈBut on another instance:heart:might look like this: πDroppie [opensoc]
in reply to George E. πΊπΈβ₯πΊπ¦π΅πΈπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ • • •George E. πΊπΈβ₯πΊπ¦π΅πΈπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •Matthias
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •@Droppie [opensoc]
You can view the available custom emojis via the link. This will always be a limited selection, in addition to the classic emojis.
@Raroun
Rainer "friendica" Sokoll
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •