emoji.nvim 😀

❓ Why

This plugin allows you to easily search and insert emojis and kaomojis in your current buffer.

Though there are a couple of plugins (see Similar plugins and inspiration), I decided to make a 15th plugin. 😉

Jokes aside, I could not find a plugin that fulfills my wish for both telescope and cmp integration, so why not write a plugin myself?

💫 Features

• Automatic updates of available emojis via GitHub actions (emojisource.app as source).
• No dependencies (relies on vim.ui.select).
• (Optional) telescope.nvim integration (emojis only).
• (Optional) nvim-cmp integration (emojis only).

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🔧 Installation

With Lazy.nvim:

{
  "allaman/emoji.nvim",
  version = "1.0.0", -- optionally pin to a tag
  ft = "markdown", -- adjust to your needs
  dependencies = {
    -- optional for nvim-cmp integration
    "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
    -- optional for telescope integration
    "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
  },
  opts = {
    -- default is false
    enable_cmp_integration = true,
    -- optional if your plugin installation directory
    -- is not vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/
    plugin_path = vim.fn.expand("$HOME/plugins/"),
  },
}

For nvim-cmp integration add emoji to your list of sources:

local sources = {
  { name = "nvim_lsp" },
  { name = "buffer", keyword_length = 5 },
  { name = "luasnip" },
  { name = "emoji" },
}

For telescope integration load the extension via:

require("telescope").load_extension("emoji")

💻 Use

Emojis

1. :InsertEmoji respective lua require("emoji").insert() or :InsertEmojiByGroup respective lua require("emoji").insert_by_group() allows you to select an emoji that is inserted at your cursor's current position.
2. :Telescope emoji does the same but invokes Telescope instead of vim.ui.select. (if telescope.nvim is installed).
3. While in insert mode typing : triggers the auto-completion of nvim-cmp. (if nvim-cmp integration is enabled and configured).

Kaomojis

1. :InsertKaomoji respective lua require("emoji").insert_kaomoji()
2. :InsertKaomojiByGroup respective lua require("emoji").insert_kaomoji_by_group()

You can also create key bindings to your liking.

💡 Similar plugins and inspiration

• cmp-emoji
• nerdy.nvim
• nerdicons.nvim
• telescope-emoji
• emoji_picker-nvim
• telescope-symbols

♥️ Credits

Thanks to emojisource.app for providing its emoji API that is used in GitHub Actions to automatically update emojis.

Thanks to hines-r for providing kaomojis.json