Create the icon cache directory when the extension first runs.

README.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# ulauncher-symbol
-
-A [Ulauncher](https://ulauncher.io/) extension for searching Unicode and ASCII characters and copying them to the clipboard. Dark mode friendly.
-
-<kbd>Enter</kbd> to copy the symbol itself.
-
-<kbd>Alt+Enter</kbd> to copy the HTML entity (if it exists).
-
-You can search for characters using their name or description, block names or the characters themselves.
-
-## Demonstration
-
-![Demonstration of ulauncher-symbol](ulauncher-symbol-demo.gif)
-
-## Installation
-
-Open Ulauncher, go to `Preferences > Extensions > Add extension` and paste the project's URL: `https://github.com/rootwork/ulauncher-symbol.git`
-
-You can also view this extension on the [Ulauncher Extensions website](https://ext.ulauncher.io/-/github-rootwork-ulauncher-symbol).
-
-## Source
-
-Forked from [zensoup/ulauncher-unicode](https://github.com/zensoup/ulauncher-unicode) to add HTML entities, dark mode theming, fewer false positives in results, and an updated Unicode list.
-
-## License
-
-GPLv3. See [LICENCE](LICENCE).

README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+ulauncher-unicode
+-----------------
+
+A `Ulauncher`_ extension for searching unicode characters and copying them to the clipboard.
+
+
+Demo
+====
+
+.. image:: ulauncher-unicode-demo.gif
+
+
+Installation
+============
+
+Open ulauncher, go to ``preferences > extensions > Add extension`` and paste the project's URL: ``https://github.com/zensoup/ulauncher-unicode``
+
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+You can search for characters using their name or description, block names or the characters themselves.
+
+The character list is automatically generated from https://www.unicode.org
+
+
+Checklist
+=========
+
+
+
+☐ Add support for character combinations like skin tones, flags and combined emojis using alt+enter.
+
+
+
+.. _Ulauncher: https://ulauncher.io/

main.py

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import sys
 import codecs
 from os.path import join
 
-import subprocess # for pip autoinstallation
-
 from ulauncher.search.SortedList import SortedList
 from ulauncher.api.client.Extension import Extension
 from ulauncher.api.client.EventListener import EventListener
@@ -21,22 +19,11 @@ if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
 FILE_PATH = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
 
 ICON_TEMPLATE = """
-<svg width="100" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<svg  width="100" height="100">
-  <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" fill="white" />
+    <text x="50" y="50" dy=".35em" text-anchor="middle" font-family="{font}" font-size="80">{symbol}</text>
-  <text x="50" y="50" dy=".35em" text-anchor="middle" font-family="{font}" font-size="60">{symbol}</text>
 </svg>
 """
 
-# For pip autoinstallation
-def ensure_import(package):
-    try:
-        return __import__(package)
-    except ImportError:
-        subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "--user", package])
-    return __import__(package)
-
-# For HTML entity conversion
-htmlentities = ensure_import("htmlentities")
 
 class UnicodeChar:
     """ Container class for unicode characters
@@ -79,24 +66,16 @@ class KeywordQueryEventListener(EventListener):
         items = []
         arg = event.get_argument()
         if arg:
-            result_list = SortedList(arg, min_score=99, limit=10)
+            result_list = SortedList(arg, min_score=40, limit=10)
             result_list.extend(extension.character_list)
             for char in result_list:
                 image_path = get_character_icon(char)
-                encoded = htmlentities.encode(char.character)
-                if "&" in encoded:
-                    sep = " - "
-                    html = encoded
-                else:
-                    sep = ""
-                    html = ""
                 items.append(
                     ExtensionResultItem(
                         icon=image_path,
-                        name=char.name.capitalize() + " - " + char.character,
+                        name=char.name + " - " + char.character,
-                        description=char.block + " - Alt+Enter: " + html + sep + "Code: U+" + char.code,
+                        description=char.block + " - " + char.code,
                         on_enter=CopyToClipboardAction(char.character),
-                        on_alt_enter=CopyToClipboardAction(html),
                     )
                 )
         return RenderResultListAction(items)

manifest.json

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 {
-  "name": "Symbol search",
+  "api_version": "1",
-  "description": "Search symbols in ASCII and Unicode. Enter to copy the symbol, alt+enter to copy the HTML entity. Dark mode friendly.",
+  "manifest_version": "1",
-  "developer_name": "Ivan Boothe",
+  "name": "Unicode extension",
-  "icon": "images/insertion-symbol.png",
+  "description": "Search for Unicode characters and copy them to the clipboard.",
-  "required_api_version": "^2.0.0",
+  "developer_name": "Vangelis Kostalas",
+  "icon": "images/unicode.png",
   "options": {
     "query_debounce": 0.5
   },
   "preferences": [
     {
-      "id": "symbol",
+      "id": "unicode",
       "type": "keyword",
-      "name": "Symbol",
+      "name": "Unicode",
-      "description": "Search symbols in ASCII and Unicode. Enter to copy the symbol, alt+enter to copy the HTML entity. Dark mode friendly.",
+      "description": "Search for Unicode characters and copy them to the clipboard",
-      "default_value": "sym"
+      "default_value": "uni"
     }
   ]
 }

versions.json

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[
-  { "required_api_version": "^1.0.0", "commit": "API_v1" },
-  { "required_api_version": "^2.0.0", "commit": "master" }
-]