Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Emoji in IceCat

[David Hedlund]

Thank you.


On 2018-04-21 21:55, Felix Fröhlich wrote:
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> Hi David,
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> No, the issue is not reproducible on the firefox-esr package I got on
> Debian 9 (Firefox ESR 52.7.3 64-bit). There, it displays all emoji with
> the EmojiOne Mozilla font, which seems to be provided by Firefox
> itself.
>
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> Felix Fröhlich
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> On Sat, 2018-04-21 at 08:09 +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> > On 2018-04-21 02:29, Felix Fröhlich wrote:
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> > > Hi David,
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > - -- 
> > > 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
> > > > > vey.
> > > > > 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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