Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Coming from macOS with Alfred, there are extensions to ease entering unicode and emoji characters.
E.g.
: smile
Searches for emoji symbols with "smile" in its searchable description, providing a list of "smile" emojis to select from. I have installed the emoji picker extension for Flow Launcher which works great.
But for unicode, e.g. for finding foreign characters, rarely used symbols, and often used symbols like squared, cubed, etc, in Alfred the unicode extension (trigged with double colons), e.g:
:: squared
Searches for unicode symbols with "squared" in the description, so I can select the superscript 2 and insert it.
Describe the solution you'd like
Type e.g.:
:: squared
And Flow Launcher searches through unicode characters, providing the superscript 2 to insert.
Describe alternatives you've considered
The Windows emoji picker (WIN key + . (dot)) works, but needs to be used with the mouse. Flow Launcher is for doing most things with the keyboard, right?
Additional context
The python source code for the Alfred unicode is here:
https://github.com/blueset/alfred-search-unicode
This project in turn depends on "uni" which is hosted here, written in Go and shell script:
https://github.com/arp242/uni
From what I can see, all that we need is to parse this:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arp242/uni/master/unidata/gen_codepoints.go
This is in a format like this:
0x1001ef8: "Ytilde",
0x1001ef9: "ytilde",
0x1002070: "zerosuperior",
0x1002074: "foursuperior",
0x1002075: "fivesuperior",
0x1002076: "sixsuperior",
0x1002077: "sevensuperior",
0x1002078: "eightsuperior",
0x1002079: "ninesuperior",
0x1002080: "zerosubscript",
0x1002081: "onesubscript",
0x1002082: "twosubscript",
0x1002083: "threesubscript",
0x1002084: "foursubscript",
0x1002085: "fivesubscript",
0x1002086: "sixsubscript",
0x1002087: "sevensubscript",
0x1002088: "eightsubscript",
0x1002089: "ninesubscript",
0x10020a0: "EcuSign",
0x10020a1: "ColonSign",
0x10020a2: "CruzeiroSign",
0x10020a3: "FFrancSign",
0x10020a4: "LiraSign",
0x10020a5: "MillSign",
0x10020a6: "NairaSign",
0x10020a7: "PesetaSign",
0x10020a8: "RupeeSign",
0x10020a9: "WonSign",
I think this would be super useful for many people.
Thank you all for a great launcher and plug in ecosystem, making transitioning from macOS and Alfred to Windows a bit easier.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Coming from macOS with Alfred, there are extensions to ease entering unicode and emoji characters.
E.g.
: smileSearches for emoji symbols with "smile" in its searchable description, providing a list of "smile" emojis to select from. I have installed the emoji picker extension for Flow Launcher which works great.
But for unicode, e.g. for finding foreign characters, rarely used symbols, and often used symbols like squared, cubed, etc, in Alfred the unicode extension (trigged with double colons), e.g:
:: squaredSearches for unicode symbols with "squared" in the description, so I can select the superscript 2 and insert it.
Describe the solution you'd like
Type e.g.:
:: squaredAnd Flow Launcher searches through unicode characters, providing the superscript 2 to insert.
Describe alternatives you've considered
The Windows emoji picker (
WINkey +.(dot)) works, but needs to be used with the mouse. Flow Launcher is for doing most things with the keyboard, right?Additional context
The python source code for the Alfred unicode is here:
https://github.com/blueset/alfred-search-unicode
This project in turn depends on "uni" which is hosted here, written in Go and shell script:
https://github.com/arp242/uni
From what I can see, all that we need is to parse this:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arp242/uni/master/unidata/gen_codepoints.go
This is in a format like this:
I think this would be super useful for many people.
Thank you all for a great launcher and plug in ecosystem, making transitioning from macOS and Alfred to Windows a bit easier.