On 4/2/07, Evan Schoenberg <evan.s dreskin.net> wrote:
>
>
> The official client is silly to do so; it clearly isn't
supposed to be
> an emoticon 
That's clear for us, because we can understand the context
of the
message. What is silly, in my opinion, is the choice of
characters.
>
> It may not make sense for your particular conversation,
but then more
>
> rules would be required to decide if a smiley should be
displayed or
>
>
> not. What is your suggestion? More rules?
> 'Course, this from the crazy guy
> who has no major problem with a very seriously
overengineered solution to
> the problem:
> http://trac.adiumx.com/browser/trunk/Sour
ce/AIEmoticonController.m#L239
>
Holy ****. What's next, writing a grammar and using Lex /
Yacc? :P
Well, from the code comments:
/* We want to show this emoticon if
there is:
* It begins or ends the string
* It is bordered by spaces or line breaks or
quotes on both sides
* It is bordered by a period on the left and a
space or
line break or quote the right
* It is bordered by emoticons on both sides or
by an
emoticon on the left and a period, space, or line break on
the right
*/
Ignoring the complexity for something as silly as an
emoticon, it
seems adequate.
--
Stephen
"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a
sheep voting
on what to have for dinner."
--James Bovard
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