Add funds symbol to emoticons

[ZodiaK]

it would be really useful-

No longer would one have to say 'funds' or 'roots' or put down the symbol for square root- they could just say :funds: and have the symbol there in the same fashion as these Kerbal heads:

Edited August 21, 2014 by ZodiaK

[ZodiaK]

Anyone????

[FishInferno]

I'll take it!

[Felsmak]

Now you know what it's like to be a trans-Neptunian object. Drifting around far away in the outer reaches of the Forum System, enduring bitter cold and eternal loneliness inside your moonless SOI.

And that's a nice idea, by the way!

[ZodiaK]

Many thanks!

[Wanderfound]

Incidentally, if you're reading the forums on an iWhatever, you can set a keyboard shortcut easily. Whenever I type sqrt it automatically converts to √; whenever I type dlt it converts to ÃŽâ€.

It is a good idea to add it to the emoticons, though.

[Tex_NL]

This must be one of the best ideas I've seen on this forum in a long, long time. A solution as elegant as it is easy to implement.

Absolutely brilliant!

[ZodiaK]

Somebody gotta call some mods,

Up in here, up in here,

They're gonna maybe implement,

Up in here, up in here..

[vexx32]

Mods? We don't have those permissions. The higher-ups do, though. Probably. Though I don't know if vBulletin's emoticon system will actually do a text-replace. It is, however, possible to implement it as a bbcode tag (I think) -- replace [d] or [delta] with ÃŽâ€, and replace [f] or [funds] with √.

[Tex_NL]

Mods? We don't have those permissions. The higher-ups do, though. Probably. Though I don't know if vBulletin's emoticon system will actually do a text-replace. It is, however, possible to implement it as a bbcode tag (I think) -- replace [d] or [delta] with ÃŽâ€, and replace [f] or [funds] with √.

I don't know how but I am convinced vBulletin can auto-replace texts. Look what's currently happening when you quote an image (thanks to an extra plugin). The tag is replaced with an tag. Even replacing an :emoticon: tag with the actual image is a simple behind the scenes text replacement.

Could be worth if an admin would ask around on the vBulletin Forum.

[ZodiaK]

The thing is, √ is not the same as the funds symbol....

[TMS]

Four ways of doing it:

1. Add it as a smiley, which requires an image (yuk).
   
2. Add a specific term under the Replacement Variable Manager and have it spit out an agreed ASCII character instead (applies retrospectively, but is style-specific and not constrained to post content... so yuk).
   
3. Install a mod that can replace post content specifically (overkill, introduces version fragility... so yuk)
   
4. Add it as a custom BB Code and use aforementioned ASCII character (best option, simple, but requires fannying around with CKEditor if you want it linked as a button a la Sketchfab)
   

[Superfluous J]

I suggested this even before 0.24 came out and it got little traction then. Hopefully now it'll get more.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/86303-Forum-Suggestion-Often-used-symbol-bbcode-or-emoticon

(Completely unrelated I suggested last year that once money became an issue we should have a way to save re-entering or falling debris that have parachutes. It was pooh-poohed )

[ZodiaK]

Four ways of doing it:

1. Add it as a smiley, which requires an image (yuk).
   
2. Add a specific term under the Replacement Variable Manager and have it spit out an agreed ASCII character instead (applies retrospectively, but is style-specific and not constrained to post content... so yuk).
   
3. Install a mod that can replace post content specifically (overkill, introduces version fragility... so yuk)
   
4. Add it as a custom BB Code and use aforementioned ASCII character (best option, simple, but requires fannying around with CKEditor if you want it linked as a button a la Sketchfab)
   

What's so bad about 1?

[Superfluous J]

What's so bad about 1?

Inline images don't scale with text, so lines will look odd if the text is too small or too big. Or, it'll scale but then will look blocky and ugly.

[KasperVld]

I've looked into it but it's not possible from my end. It'll require Alexmora to have some time to spend on it (unlikely at the moment).

[ZodiaK]

Ooh, thanks kasper!