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# Emoji-Picker
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How often did you want to insert one of those Unicode emoji only to learn that there is no nice picker for Linux?
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Fear no more, this script uses the power of [rofi](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/) to present exactly the picker you always wanted.
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Inserts the selected emoji directly, or copies it to the clipboard.
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## Usage
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1. Run `rofimoji.py`
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2. Search for the emoji you want
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3. - Hit enter to insert the emoji directly
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- Hit `Alt+c` to copy it to the clipboard
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4. 🎠
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## How does it look?
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## Installation
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Download `rofimoji.py` and move it somewhere on your path, for example `/usr/local/bin`.
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What else do you need:
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- Python 3
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- A font that can display emoji, for example [EmojiOne](https://github.com/emojione/emojione) or [Noto Emoji](https://www.google.com/get/noto/)
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- xdotool for typing the emoji
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- xsel to copy the emoji to the clipboard
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For Ubuntu zesty: `sudo aptitude install python3 fonts-emojione xsel xdotool`
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## Updating the emojis
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This is only needed if a new Unicode version came out and you can't wait for the official update!
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1. Install Python 3 and `pip install -r requirements-dev.txt`
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2. Run `extract_emojis.py` - this downloads the complete list from https://emojipedia.org/emoji/, so don't do it too often!
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3. A new file `emojis.py` should have been created. Open it and copy the contents
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4. Open `rofimoji.py` and replace the emoji list with the contents of `emojis.py`
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## FAQ
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### Why is it so pedestrian? Why not simple import from `emojis.py`?
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Because now you only have to download one file, and it works
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Additionally, we need no separate I/O just to load the emojis. This is good, right?
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