Re: has the emoji support been enhanced on master?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.com>
> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 12:19:43 -0800
> Cc: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>,
>     emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
>    So what you have is a Cairo build with HarfBuzz, so it should support
>    color Emoji display.  It sounds like the font configuration is the
>    issue.
> 
> I also have Cairo and HarfBuzz, and the identical installed
> NotoColorEmoji.ttf as Werner on 15.4 (not surprising, as it must be from
> the same RPM.)  A diff of the describe-char from Werner's emacs and mine
> is appended.  I note that auto-composition-mode is enabled in my
> configuration -- and that "emacs -Q" does not display *either* of the
> two emojis in Uwe's original post.  Is there other reason composition
> might be disabled or broken for me?

This is not a composition issue in your case.  The reason in your case
is spelled out loud and clear:

> -            file code: not encodable by coding system ctext-unix
> -              display: composed to form "🤷‍♂️" (see below)
> -     composition name: man shrugging
> +            file code: #xF0 #x9F #xA4 #xB7 (encoded by coding system 
> utf-8-unix)
> +              display: no font available
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

IOW, Emacs doesn't find a suitable font to display Emoji in your case.

Is this in "emacs -Q"?