A Way To Fix Unwanted Emoticons

VideoGamerCanInvent

Not sure if this belongs in the bugs and glitches form, but when ever you type a URL or forget a space with a colon, an unwanted emoticon appears.

Or maybe you have a username named PowerScratcher (completely random), and you sometimes forget to use spaces

Username

owerBoy

Here are two ways this could be fixed:

1. You would have to use this BBCode:

That's funny [emoticon]:P[/emoticon]

That's funny [e]:P[/e]

OR

2. Make it so if the surrounding characters are not spaces (i.e. https

/scratch.mit.edu), then an emoticon will not appear.

Last edited by VideoGamerCanInvent (Sept. 1, 2018 20:30:54)

powercon5

I feel like the first option is too long for Something so simple. The second could work, but what about existing ones?

Last edited by powercon5 (Aug. 1, 2017 22:34:23)

VideoGamerCanInvent

powercon5 wrote:
I feel like the first option is too long for Something so simple. The second could work, but what about existing ones?

Could you please elaborate on what you mean by “the existing ones?” I'm a bit confused

powercon5

VideoGamerCanInvent wrote:
powercon5 wrote:
I feel like the first option is too long for Something so simple. The second could work, but what about existing ones?
Could you please elaborate on what you mean by “the existing ones?” I'm a bit confused

The emojis in older posts.

duckboycool

I think maybe it should be [e] and [/e]. This seems more reasonable to me.

Right now, you can workaround it by opening and closing a tag in the middle, although New Scratchers will hardly get that.

WolfCat67

duckboycool wrote:
I think maybe it should be [e] and [/e]. This seems more reasonable to me.

Right now, you can workaround it by opening and closing a tag in the middle, although New Scratchers will hardly get that.

[e] and [/e] sounds sort of like the wiki's way of doing things, with {{E|:P}}] to create

.
I sort of like that system, really, but I also like the idea of making sure you can't accidentally do so by having to put spaces.

Blackout32

Support.

-Vuton-

Blackout32 wrote:
Support.

Could you please give your reason for supporting posts in the future, Thanks!

VideoGamerCanInvent

Bump

Blackout32

-Vuton- wrote:
Blackout32 wrote:
Support.
Could you please give your reason for supporting posts in the future, Thanks!

Almost A year after, here is my reason supporting:
Links could get messed up by the evil emoticons. For example, go to “blob

hadius/soundeffect for free sound!”

VideoGamerCanInvent

Blackout32 wrote:
-Vuton- wrote:
Blackout32 wrote:
Support.
Could you please give your reason for supporting posts in the future, Thanks!
Almost A year after, here is my reason supporting:
Links could get messed up by the evil emoticons. For example, go to “blobhadius/soundeffect for free sound!”

1 year and 1 month later….

XD

space_elephant

Username:PowerBoy
https://scratch.mit.edu
it works fine

Blackout32

space_elephant wrote:
Username:PowerBoy
https://scratch.mit.edu
it works fine

Well you changed the text color.

space_elephant

Blackout32 wrote:
space_elephant wrote:
Username:PowerBoy
https://scratch.mit.edu
it works fine
Well you changed the text color.

no I didn't that looks like
Username:PowerBoy
https://scratch.mit.edu

TheRealNetherBefore

Support the idea, but no support for the solutions as using BBcode would be too long and requiring spaces would mess up a few intentional emojis (I often forget to leaves spaces when using them)
Instead, I'd suggest a third option- making the emojis their own codes that a user would be unlikely to put on accident, a bit like the codes for the

emojis.

TheAdriCoolManDude

Support, this would really fix unwanted emoticons.

VideoGamerCanInvent

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:
Support the idea, but no support for the solutions as using BBcode would be too long and requiring spaces would mess up a few intentional emojis (I often forget to leaves spaces when using them)
Instead, I'd suggest a third option- making the emojis their own codes that a user would be unlikely to put on accident, a bit like the codes for the emojis.

I see what your saying… maybe something like this?

:smile: :neutral: etc.

VideoGamerCanInvent

space_elephant wrote:
Username:PowerBoy
https://scratch.mit.edu
it works fine

https:[color=transparent][/color]//scratch.mit.edu

XD

TheRealNetherBefore

VideoGamerCanInvent wrote:
TheRealNetherBefore wrote:
Support the idea, but no support for the solutions as using BBcode would be too long and requiring spaces would mess up a few intentional emojis (I often forget to leaves spaces when using them)
Instead, I'd suggest a third option- making the emojis their own codes that a user would be unlikely to put on accident, a bit like the codes for the emojis.
I see what your saying… maybe something like this?
:smile: :neutral: etc.

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm getting at.

space_elephant

if it really matters that much they can make the code like this
[:)]
[:|]
[:(]
[:/]
[:D]
etc.

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