Public bug reported: Impact ------ This adds one new feature: new emoji and Unicode characters from Unicode 15.1 for easier browsing, selecting, and copying.
Prerequisite ------------ Install fonts-noto-color-emoji 2.041 . See LP: #2045043 Make sure the Characters app is not running and wait a few seconds for it to finish closing in the background. Test Case 1 ----------- Install the update Open the Characters app. Select an emoji character and click Copy Character Paste the emoji somewhere. You should see the emoji you pasted. Test Case 2 ------------------- Open the Characters app. Use the search feature to search for "phoenix" A phoenix emoji should show up. This is one of the new Emoji 15. https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-15-0/ (This is Test Case 3 (Extra) from https://launchpad.net/bugs/1999098) What Could Go Wrong ------------------- GNOME Characters is part of GNOME Core and falls under the GNOME Stable Release Update microrelease exception https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/GNOME It is installed by default in Ubuntu Desktop, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. Other Info ---------- The GNOME Characters app in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS uses a different mechanism to display emoji and does not support any emoji from recent years. The update to enable recent emoji is entangled with the switch to GTK4 and Ubuntu Budgie has requested that we not switch any apps to GTK4 for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Therefore, this update is only for Ubuntu 23.10. ** Affects: gnome-characters (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Fix Committed ** Affects: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Mantic) Importance: Medium Status: Triaged ** Tags: mantic ** Also affects: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Mantic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Mantic) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Mantic) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-characters in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2045056 Title: Update the Characters app for Unicode 15.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-characters/+bug/2045056/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
