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Rofi emoji picker
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Source: https://gist.github.com/Tadly/0741821d3694deaec1ee454a95c591fa
#
# Use rofi to pick emoji because that's what this
# century is about apparently...
#
# Requirements:
# rofi, xsel, xdotool, curl, xmllint
#
# Usage:
# 1. Download all emoji
# $ rofi-emoji --download
#
# 2. Run it!
# $ rofi-emoji
#
# Notes:
# * You'll need a emoji font like "Noto Emoji" or "EmojiOne".
# * Confirming an item will automatically paste it WITHOUT
# writing it to your clipboard.
# * Ctrl+C will copy it to your clipboard WITHOUT pasting it.
#
# Where to save the emojis file.
EMOJI_FILE="$HOME/.cache/emojis.txt"
# Urls of emoji to download.
# You can remove what you don't need.
URLS=(
'https://emojipedia.org/people/'
'https://emojipedia.org/nature/'
'https://emojipedia.org/food-drink/'
'https://emojipedia.org/activity/'
'https://emojipedia.org/travel-places/'
'https://emojipedia.org/objects/'
'https://emojipedia.org/symbols/'
'https://emojipedia.org/flags/'
)
function notify() {
if [ "$(command -v notify-send)" ]; then
notify-send "$1" "$2"
fi
}
function download() {
notify "$(basename "$0")" 'Downloading all emoji for your pleasure'
echo "" > "$EMOJI_FILE"
for url in "${URLS[@]}"; do
echo "Downloading: $url"
# Download the list of emoji and remove all the junk around it
emojis=$(curl -s "$url" | \
xmllint --html \
--xpath '//ul[@class="emoji-list"]' - 2>/dev/null)
# Get rid of starting/closing ul tags
emojis=$(echo "$emojis" | head -n -1 | tail -n +1)
# Extract the emoji and its description
emojis=$(echo "$emojis" | \
sed -rn 's/.*<span class="emoji">(.*)<\/span> (.*)<\/a><\/li>/\1 \2/p')
echo "$emojis" >> "$EMOJI_FILE"
done
notify "$(basename "$0")" "We're all set!"
}
function rofi_menu() { # {{{
rofi -width 25 -lines 7 -dmenu -i -p 'emoji: ' \
-kb-row-tab '' \
-kb-row-select Tab \
-kb-custom-1 Ctrl+c
}
# }}}
function repeat() { # {{{
local rplc str="$1" count="$2"
rplc="$(printf "%${count}s")"
echo "${rplc// /"$str"}"
}
# }}}
function toclipboard() { # {{{
xclip -i -selection primary
xclip -o -selection primary | xclip -i -selection clipboard
}
# }}}
function display() {
local emoji line exit_code quantifier
emoji=$(cat "$EMOJI_FILE" | grep -v '#' | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$')
line="$(echo "$emoji" | rofi_menu)"
exit_code=$?
line=($line)
last=${line[${#line[@]}-1]}
quantifier="${last:${#last}-1:1}"
if [[ ! "$quantifier" =~ [0-9] ]]; then
quantifier=1
fi
emoijs="$(repeat "${line[0]}" "$quantifier")"
if [ $exit_code == 0 ]; then
xdotool type --clearmodifiers "$emoijs"
echo -n "$emoijs" | toclipboard
elif [ $exit_code == 10 ]; then
echo -n "$emoijs" | toclipboard
fi
}
# Some simple argparsing
if [[ "$1" =~ -D|--download ]]; then
download
exit 0
elif [[ "$1" =~ -h|--help ]]; then
echo "usage: $0 [-D|--download]"
exit 0
fi
# Download all emoji if they don't exist yet
if [ ! -f "$EMOJI_FILE" ]; then
download
fi
# display displays :)
display
@fredsmith
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this version works better for me. Thanks for sharing 😀

@shirobachi
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Thanks that so c000l <3

@shirobachi
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I moved to ubuntu, when moved it stopped work, this script cannot dl emojis with some reason.. any idea?

PS. curl istalled

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