Emoji Code

Snippets to insert escaped Emoji code into a variety of languages, including:

This package is also available for Atom and Sublime Text.

Screenshot nicked from the Atom package, but you get the idea

Installation

Launch Quick Open, paste the following command, and press Enter

ext install idleberg.emoji-code

With shell commands installed, you can use the following command to install the extension:

$ code --install-extension idleberg.emoji-code

Download the packaged extension from the the release page and install it from the command-line:

$ code --install-extension path/to/emoji-code-*.vsix

Alternatively, you can download the packaged extension from the Open VSX Registry or using the ovsx command-line tool:

$ ovsx get idleberg.emoji-code

Change to your Visual Studio Code extensions directory:

# Windows
$ cd %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions

# Linux & macOS
$ cd ~/.vscode/extensions/

Clone repository as emoji-code:

$ git clone https://github.com/idleberg/vscode-emoji-code emoji-code

Install Node dependencies:

cd emoji-code
yarn || npm install

All emojis are prefixed with ji, following the string of the official Unicode terminology.

Examples:

Let's say, you want to insert the 😄 emoji

¹ requires editor.quickSuggestions set to true for Markdown files

Keep in mind that Visual Studio Code supports fuzzy completion, inviting you to use abbreviations of your preference.

This work is licensed under The MIT License.