>However, I have no idea what protocol names to use
Use the same name as what you see in the dropdown list in the New Account
window, eg [Hangouts] or [Skype (HTTP)]

On 4 November 2016 at 08:54, Alex Oren <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Let's say I want to customize the theme for specific protocols.
>
> https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/SmileyThemes says that I can use
> protocol-specific smileys by putting them in a separate section like this:
> [<protocol>]
> <picture to use>        <text to replace>
> .
> .
> .
>
> However, I have no idea what protocol names to use, especially with
> protocols implemented by plug-ins.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you,
> Alex.
>
>
>
> On 02-11-2016 16:07, Eion Robb wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Unfortunately the version of GTK we use on Windows versions of Pidgin
>> isn't new enough to support emoji characters.  As a workaround you
>> can use one of the unicode emoji emote themes, eg
>> https://github.com/stv0g/unicode-emoji or
>> https://github.com/VxJasonxV/emoji-for-pidgin
>>
>> Cheers, Eion
>>
>> On 2 November 2016 at 11:57, Alex Oren <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a problem displaying smileys sent from Hangouts contacts,
>> anything except the basic :) -- which is shown as  displays as
>> "tofu".  I tried overriding the font used with Google's Noto but it
>> didn't help.
>>
>> I am currently using the "Default-with-Skype" Smiley theme by Hylke
>> Bons.  The problem with switching to a Hangouts-specific theme is
>> that I actually use Pidgin as a multi-protocol client, with buddies
>> on Jabber, SkypeWeb, Hangouts, AIM, Facebook, Steam and Flist (I got
>> rid of Yahoo due to the high crappiness quotient of the protocol) and
>> would like a theme that will support all of them (and possibly
>> others).
>>
>> However, even without using a theme, the smilies should display as
>> the corresponding unicode characters. What am I missing?
>>
>> PS, running on Windows.
>>
>> Thanks, Alex.
>>
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