Adding your own custom selections to the default database

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If you want to use your own collection of extra entries to the Emoji selector, here's one way to achieve it.

Having your own custom selections appended to the default database

1. Create a DB file of your custom selection and save in ~/.config/rofi-emoji/custom.txt.

   Here's an example for you to use.

   ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)	Smilies	Internet Memes	Lenny	Smirk | horny | surprised | you-know-what
   

   See the README for information about the format and note that there are raw tab characters between the different fields in this file.

2. Run rofi with some extra arguments:

   rofi \
     -modi emoji \
     -show emoji \
     -emoji-file <(cat /usr/local/share/rofi-emoji/all_emojis.txt ~/.config/rofi-emoji/custom.txt)

   This example requires you to use a shell with support for Process Substitution, which most Bash-compatible shells (including ZSH) do. If you are using another shell, you could either pre-combine the file somewhere and use that path, or solve it in a way that is appropriate for your shell.

3. Create your custom command to make this easier in the future (~/.local/bin/rofi-emoji)

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   
   exec rofi \
     -modi emoji \
     -show emoji \
     -emoji-file <(cat /usr/local/share/rofi-emoji/all_emojis.txt ~/.config/rofi-emoji/custom.txt) \
     "$@"

   If you have ~/.local/bin in your $PATH, then you can just run rofi-emoji to get it with your custom additions added! Note that this script requires Bash, ZSH, or other similar shells because of the Process Substitution. Handle it in any way you'd like if you use other shells.

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