So how can you add emoji-shortcut functionality to a Linux window manager? I began with trial and error.

GNOME does not (yet) have this functionality by default, but there is open source software to add it. Pressing Cmd+ Ctrl+ Space launches a menu, and a quick click completes the keystroke. Macs make it trivial to add these odd forms of expression to text with a shortcut to insert emoji into a sentence quickly. However you look at it, emoji and their ancestorial predecessors have conveyed complex human emotion in writing for a long time. I could speculate further back into hieroglyphics, as this museum exhibit did. There is some disagreement about whether Abraham Lincoln's use of a winking smiley face, ), in 1862 was a typo or an intentional form of expression. It's indisputable that in 1881, Puck Magazine included four emotional faces for joy, melancholy, indifference, and astonishment. According to Advancement Courses' History of emoji, people have been using 'typographical art' since the 1800s.

Most communication includes body language, and experts estimate upwards of 80% of what people remember comes from it. Free online course: RHEL Technical Overview.

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