Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:04:25 +0200
BTW, Karl, one of our TODOs is to look at the breaking behavior of the
emoji sequences....
Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis>
*— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —*
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Karl Williamson <public_at_khwilliamson.com>
wrote:
> On 06/20/2015 03:02 AM, Mark Davis [image: ☕]️ wrote:
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>>
>> On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Ken Whistler <kenwhistler_at_att.net
>> <mailto:kenwhistler_at_att.net>> wrote:
>>
>> This results from the fact that the fallback behavior for the
>> modifiers is
>> simply as independent pictographic blorts, i.e. the color swatch
>> images.
>> That is also related to why they are treated as gc=Sk symbol
>> modifiers,
>> rather than as combining marks or format characters.
>>
>> If you *support* emoji modifier sequences, then yes, you should treat
>> them as single grapheme clusters for editing -- but their behavior is
>> more akin then to ligatures or conjuncts than to combining character
>> sequences. You need additional, specific
>> knowledge about these sequences -- it doesn't just fall out from a
>> *default* implementation of UAX #29 rules for grapheme clusters.
>>
>>
>> Looks like this would be a good FAQ addition...
>>
>
> Yes please
>
>
>>
>>
>> Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis>
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