Re: EB-lite emoticons (was Re: EB-lite feature requests)

On Tuesday 11 March 2003 10:49, Philip S Tellis wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Meredydd Luff wrote:
> > file binding strings (eg ":-)") to filenames (eg "smile.gif"). This
> > would allow us to make more specific emoticon sets for specific
> > protocols, overriding the defaults with specified string bindings and
>
> I'd also suggest allowing protocol modules to be able to hint at a
> preferred smiley pack/list of preferred smiley packs, or maybe the
> smiley pack could specify that it is preferred for a particular
> protocol.  That way, if the current pack does not implement a particular
> smiley, it can be picked from the preferred pack.
>
> Philip

Hold ...I'm obviously missing bits of your idea. Could you explain 
it more fully please?

What I envisioned was this:
Program loads basic emoticon set. This fills out a default set of 
string->image file mappings, as well as providing the image files.

Program then loads subsequent emoticon sets. These can supercede any smiley 
string, for specific protocols if they wish. Specific protocol overrides take 
priority over general mappings.

Is this what you were thinking of? How does yours differ?

Meredydd
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