[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64318: ↗ should not be replaced by Twemoji

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#64318: ↗ should not be replaced by Twemoji
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 Reporter:  Joen          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  7.0
Component:  Emoji         |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by siliconforks):

 Replying to [comment:17 westonruter]:
 > The problem is existing content out there that doesn't have U+FE0E,
 right? Existing content expecting the text presentation unexpectedly gets
 the emoji presentation when upgradinging Twemoji.

 Yes, but it could also be the other way around - the user might have
 originally wanted the graphical emoji presentation, and now it could get
 changed to the simple text presentation.

 > So would a new filter be required for `the_content` to inject this
 U+FE0E after the set of characters that we determine? But then this
 wouldn't really be any different than the JS-based exclusion? Both are
 programmatic means to the same end.

 That has the same problem - there's no way to be certain what the user
 actually intended.  What if the user actually wanted the graphical emoji
 presentation?  Then injecting U+FE0E would be wrong.

 The JavaScript solution in [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-
 develop/pull/10603 PR #10603] (to avoid using Twemoji for certain
 characters) might be reasonable as a "best guess" for what the user
 wanted.  But ultimately I don't think this is something that can entirely
 be fixed in WordPress (or in Twemoji).  Ideally the operating system's
 character picker (or wherever the user got the character from) should
 insert the correct Unicode sequence, either `U+2197 U+FE0E` (for the
 simple text presentation) or `U+2197 U+FE0F` (for the graphical emoji),
 depending on what the user actually chose.

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