Sorted it. The only way for it to work with extra text on either end is to move all the single entity codes (e.g. 👦) below the multiple entity ones (e.g. 👦🏻) in the canonize file.
So it would look something like this... 👦🏻 ӧ🏟 ҁ 👦 👧 👨 On Sunday, 10 April 2022 at 20:48:51 UTC+1 Justin Ross wrote: > Hi all, I'm looking for a way to catch any emoji that's used amongst > regular text. This is so that I can create an XML file to import into > InDesign. Then I simply find/replace any emoji found and convert the > character to an emoji font so it can be printed. > > I've made a canonize file with over 1,000 emoji, separated by a tab, then > the decimal equivalent. > > This works great. > > *For example:* > This emoji is found in the text somewhere: > 👦 > > and is changed to: > 👦 > > It also works for skintone emoji where the decimal code can be repeated. > > This emoji is found in the text somewhere: > 👦🏻 > > and is changed to: > 👦🏻 > > > However, as soon as I wrap the code (so it's easier to find/change in > InDesign), the duplicate codes cause a problem. > > For example: > > This emoji: > 👦 > > Is changed to this: > (ef)&\#128102;(\ef) > > *BUT...* > > This: > 👦🏻 > > Is changed to this: > (ef)👦(\ef)(ef)🏻(\ef) > > Note the extra (\ef)(ef) in the middle. > > Now I could use a find/replace to remove that bit. But what if there are > two different emoji next to each other? I'm replacing one problem with > another. > > Is there a way round this? > > Many thanks if anyone can help. > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/f83f6fed-8197-4823-868d-7686c5c02af6n%40googlegroups.com.
