#!/usr/bin/env bash # # Use rofi to pick emoji because that's what this # century is about apparently... # # Requirements: # rofi, xsel, xdotool, curl, xmllint # # Usage: # 1. Download all emoji # $ rofi-emoji --download # # 2. Run it! # $ rofi-emoji # # Notes: # * You'll need a emoji font like "Noto Emoji" or "EmojiOne". # * Confirming an item will automatically paste it WITHOUT # writing it to your clipboard. # * Ctrl+C will copy it to your clipboard WITHOUT pasting it. # # Where to save the emojis file. EMOJI_FILE="$HOME/.cache/emojis.txt" # Urls of emoji to download. # You can remove what you don't need. URLS=( 'https://emojipedia.org/people/' 'https://emojipedia.org/nature/' 'https://emojipedia.org/food-drink/' 'https://emojipedia.org/activity/' 'https://emojipedia.org/travel-places/' 'https://emojipedia.org/objects/' 'https://emojipedia.org/symbols/' 'https://emojipedia.org/flags/' 'https://emojipedia.org/modifiers/' ) function download() { echo "" > "$EMOJI_FILE" for url in "${URLS[@]}"; do echo "Downloading: $url" # Download the list of emoji and remove all the junk around it emojis=$(curl -s "$url" | \ xmllint --html \ --xpath '//ul[@class="emoji-list"]' - 2>/dev/null) # Get rid of starting/closing ul tags emojis=$(echo "$emojis" | head -n -1 | tail -n +1) # Extract the emoji and its description emojis=$(echo "$emojis" | \ sed -rn 's/.*(.*)<\/span> (.*)<\/a><\/li>/\1 \2/p') echo "$emojis" >> "$EMOJI_FILE" done } function display() { emoji=$(cat "$EMOJI_FILE" | grep -v '#' | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$') line=$(echo "$emoji" | rofi -dmenu -i -p emoji -kb-custom-1 Ctrl+c $@) exit_code=$? line=($line) if [ $exit_code == 0 ]; then xdotool type --clearmodifiers "${line[0]}" elif [ $exit_code == 10 ]; then echo -n "${line[0]}" | xsel -i -b fi } if [[ "$1" =~ -D|--download ]]; then download exit 0 elif [[ "$1" =~ -h|--help ]]; then echo "usage: $0 [-D|--download]" exit 0 fi display