Bug 200505

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

It would be fantastic if there were a plugin that would enable one to paste Japanese emoticons (or, by extension, "Eastern emoticons", since there are others as well, e.g. Korean ones consisting of Hangul characters) easily into Kmail emails (and/or into Kopete messages).

The problems with Japanese emoticons are:
(1) they are extremely numerous;
(2) they use a lot of characters that are not easily accessible via a regular keyboard.

(For both reasons, Japanese texting equipment such as mobile phones usually have an 'insert emoticon' menu).

OK, there are probably more important things in life than emoticons, but I'm sure lots of users from Asia (&from the Western manga / anime circles) would love this feature.


STRUCTURE:
Although no programmer, I assume the structure of such a plugin wouldn't be too difficult.
'Standard' emoticons can easily be collected from various open source websites.
The plugin would then offer a menu to insert emotions, at best through a hierarchical list (e.g. Insert emoticon > Happy > Smiling face 1; or Insert emoticon > Angry > Frustrated 3) that displays both a name as well as the actual emoticon.

LINKS:
- for general information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon#Eastern_style
- for a list of examples, including 'unusual' characters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons#Eastern_emoticons