That’s fantastic! Thanks Ali, very helpful. Awww. ‚ù§Ô∏è is a heart!
Thanks again.
> On 24 Jan 2019, at 8:45 am, Ali Lloyd wrote:
>
> For the specific examples you have there, simply putting the strings through
> textDecode(, "utf-8") will give you your emoji back.
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019
For the specific examples you have there, simply putting the strings
through textDecode(, "utf-8") will give you your emoji back.
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 4:34 PM David V Glasgow via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>
> > On 23 Jan 2019, at 2:15 pm, Stephen MacLean via
> On 23 Jan 2019, at 2:15 pm, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> You say you are importing them? From where? A text file or DB?
Basically, Stephen, I take what I am given.
Could be plain text, Word, HTML , even spreadsheetn- and often I don’t know any
intermediate steps
>> -Original Message-
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>> Of Stephen MacLean via use-livecode
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 9:15 AM
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>> Cc: Stephen MacLean
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> Cc: Stephen MacLean
> Subject: Re: Displaying or identifying emoji
>
> Hi David,
>
> Looks like you are running into some of the same issues I had when learning
> to work with them…
>
> You say you are importing them? From where? A text
[mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 9:15 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Stephen MacLean
Subject: Re: Displaying or identifying emoji
Hi David,
Looks like you are running into some of the same issues I had wh
Hi David,
Looks like you are running into some of the same issues I had when learning to
work with them…
You say you are importing them? From where? A text file or DB?
Make sure that the encoding is set to UTF-8 or higher when you import. Next,
you need to textDecode() them, again making sure
Hello folks,
I am working on imported text messages from various sources, and which have
been through various (unknown) processes/displays before I get them. Some
retain emoji intact, but others render them as an odd series of characters
(presumably having been substituted when stored in a
