Updated emoji.sh to allow groups and to sort emojis by usage. Created script to get emoji file from Unicode official list.

1 files changed, 68 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/emoji/emoji.sh b/emoji/emoji.sh
index dfa22cb..09eec51 100755
--- a/emoji/emoji.sh
+++ b/emoji/emoji.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,72 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Feeds an emoji list into dmenu and allows to select one into clipboard
+# Feeds an emoji list into dmenu and allows to select one into clipboard.
+# The emoji list file is set as the emojiFile variable of this script.
+#
+# Usage: emoji.sh [-g]
 
-file="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emoji"
-selected="$(sed '/^~/d' "$file" | dmenu -i -l 20 -p "Choose an emoji:" | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-[ -z "$selected" ] && dunstify -t 2000 "No emoji selected." && exit 0
-echo "$selected" | tr -d '\n' | xsel -ib
+usageMsg='Usage: emoji.sh [-g]'
+
+[ "$1" != '-g' ] && [ -n "$1" ] && echo "$usageMsg" && exit 1
+
+emojiFile="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emoji"
+dmenuPath='/usr/local/bin/dmenu'
+groupLineRE='^# group: '
+sedFilter="/${groupLineRE}/d"
+
+# Check if dmenu has -g option (to show options in a grid)
+dmenuGridOptions=''
+dmenu -g 4 -v >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && dmenuGridOptions='-g 4'
+
+byGroups=0
+[ "$1" = '-g' ] && byGroups=1
+
+if [ "$byGroups" -eq 1 ]; then
+	# Select a group name from the file's group lines
+	group="$(grep "$groupLineRE" "$emojiFile" |
+		sed "s/${groupLineRE}//" |
+		dmenu -l 10 -p 'Emoji group:')"
+	[ -z "$group" ] && exit 0
+
+	groupLine="$(grep "$group" "$emojiFile")"
+
+	# Prepare the sed filter to delete lines not in the group
+	sedFilter="/${groupLine}/,/${groupLineRE}/!d;/${groupLineRE}/d"
+fi
+
+# Repeat used emojis at the start of the list sorted by use
+emojiList="$(sed "$sedFilter" "$emojiFile")"
+usedEmojis="$(echo "$emojiList" | grep '^[0-9]' | sort -nr)"
+[ -n "$usedEmojis" ] &&
+	emojiList="$(printf -- \
+	"---------Used----------\n${usedEmojis}\n----------All----------\n${emojiList}")"
+
+# Choose an emoji with dmenu
+lineNoNumber="$(echo "$emojiList" |
+	sed 's/^[ 0-9]*//' |
+	"$dmenuPath" -i -l 40 $dmenuGridOptions -p "Emoji:")"
+
+if [ -z "$lineNoNumber" ] || echo "$lineNoNumber" | grep -q '^-'; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# Get the usage number
+line="$(grep "$lineNoNumber" "$emojiFile")"
+number="$(echo "$line" | grep -o '^[0-9]*')"
+if [ -n "$number" ] ; then
+	number=$((number + 1))
+else
+	number=1
+fi
+
+# Write the usage number to the emoji file
+sed -i "/${line}/s/^[ 0-9]*/${number} /" "$emojiFile"
+
+# Put the emoji in the clipboard
+echo "$lineNoNumber" |
+	cut -d' ' -f1 |
+	tr -d '\n' |
+	xsel -bi
+
+# Notify the copied emoji
 dunstify -t 2000 "Copied $(xsel -ob)"