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Re:Terminal Support for Emoji by 0xBA5ED on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @07:47AM (#37047518)
The system exists. It's text.
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Re:Terminal Support for Emoji by chii on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:16AM (#37050280)
how would you write something that's not ascii character based, such as hieroglyphs?
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Re:Terminal Support for Emoji by 0xBA5ED on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:37AM (#37050632)
A set of hieroglyphs for a formally designed and recognized language that is in use to communicate is one thing. Endless bits of arbitrary clip art is another.
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