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[Feature] Xft emoji support

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#898 opened on Oct 28, 2019

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Description

Please, consider to add more emoji support in conky.

If you want make a simple thing : displaying the country image before the user WAN ip adress, actually you can't. In some case, emoji can replace text for a better grasp.

Thanks.

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Research direction
Investigate how to integrate Xft emoji support by modifying Conky's font rendering code to handle color emoji fonts (e.g., Noto Color Emoji). Look at existing font handling in the source and how Xft is used. Check for any previous attempts or discussions in the repository.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Clear
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