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Re:Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good s... by Carpetsmoker on Thursday December 12, 2019 @10:05PM (#21778818)
Uni started life as a replacement to that plugin (note how how the output is similar) as I got tired of opening Vim all the time :-)
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Re:Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good s... by chrisbra80 on Friday December 13, 2019 @07:39AM (#21781028)
Haha, thank you! (I am the author)
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Re:Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good s... by pdfbadforunicod on Friday December 13, 2019 @12:22AM (#21779318)
But it opens instantly! And zz to close
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Re:Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good s... by Carpetsmoker on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:37AM (#21779589)
Not as "instant" as dmenu, the searching is kinda awkward and not emoji-aware, and you can't use it in pipes.
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Re:Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good s... by chrisbra80 on Friday December 13, 2019 @02:09PM (#21784396)
I am open for suggestions on how to make the search work better.
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Re:Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good s... by pdfbadforunicod on Friday December 13, 2019 @02:47AM (#21779849)
Ctrl-p like functionality wouldn't be too difficult... But I see your point
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Re:Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good s... by Carpetsmoker on Friday December 13, 2019 @07:47AM (#21781067)
Yeah, you can do a lot with it. One of the (unstated) ideas behind uni is that it can work as a backend for a lot of different integrations: dmenu, Vim, fzf, Emacs, a more domain-specific emoji picker GUI, etc.

Other than this, the feature set is roughly similar. The biggest difference is that uni knows how to deal with emoji sequences.

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