Technology @lemmy.world AdityaGavit @lemmy.world 2w ago

keyboard shortcut for making Emojis & Emoticons?

If you're on Windows, just press:

Windows + ; (semicolon)

It pops up this little menu where you can pick all kinds of emoticons and stuff. Super handy if you're lazy like me and don't want to Google them every time 😂.

Quick heads-up though: the selection is kinda limited compared to what you get on your phone or online, but it's still pretty cool. If you're into more options, check out "Emoticon Hub" or hit up GitHub's massive emoji list.

Also… I have no clue what the shortcut is on Mac (if there even is one). Any Mac users here? Drop a comment and help a clueless user out!

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Super + . (period) on KDE Plasma
- This works on Win 10 as well.
  
  It's a copy of Plasma anyway.
  
  And Windows 11.
- Is that just on Plasma? Do you know if there’s an equivalent for Cinnamon or is there some pack somewhere I can install?
  
  Install this flathub app with this command : flatpak install flathub com.tomjwatson.Emote
  
  (https://flathub.org/apps/com.tomjwatson.Emote)
  
  Then next assign a shortcut to open the app when pressing Meta + . for example. (Default one is Ctrl + Alt + E)
I wonder why ASCII is written as “Ascii.”
- They probably have a style guide, as most media outlets do, that says pronounceable acronyms/initialisms are to be written like a name and the rest as everyone expects.
  
  So you get Ascii, Unix and Nasa alongside IBM and PCMCIA.
  
  Thanks, I hate it
  
  That's more a British style I think. I've definitely noticed a shift in software strings. If I had to guess, I'd say that the increase in software developers from India and other South Asian countries means more of that style being inherited.
- America great, the other things not ;)
  
  What does that have to do with it?
  
  If this is supposed to be a “gottem” moment because it appears I’m hating on the British style, please know I didn’t know that until others chimed in (hence my question). And actually, I prefer the British way of writing some acronyms without the dots to the American style, but writing ASCII like it’s a word (Ascii) looks really bad.
Weird. It’s Win+V for me. But I guess that’s because I use PowerToys (which every Windows user should because WTF why are these things not baked into Windows rantrantrantragerant).
- Win + V should bring up cliboard history which is basically the same pop-up just on a different tab.
  
  TIL. Thanks 🫡
- Because making the is better is not how they make money. Thats why all the changes they do make are forcing to use their shit programs and collect your data. The answer is always capitalism.
Ctrl-Space on an any Apple device (macOS/iOS/iPadOS). It’s been there since forever.
🥑🤮🚋🖲️

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