Re: Support for shorthand emoji input

[Juri Linkov]

>>   > 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 ←.

I really don't see how this is different from an input method:
after 'C-\ compose RET', --- is replaced with the em-dash,
12 with ½, (C) with ©, <- with ←.