emojifontkeyboard
All of the sudden, I am not getting the nice and quick emoji keyboard (see 1) popup, but instead a big window of all type faces, which is not gaining focus for easy emoji insertion without moving my hands from the keyboard (2).
How do I get the old one back?
The following method is produced on OS X 10.9.
The emoji definition file is at /usr/share/mecabra/zh/common/emoji.plist.
You just replace it with an empty plist file (back it up first). The input method will not start again if you simply remove or rename the file. I use the following Python code:
from plistlib import dump
dump({}, open('emoji.plist', 'wb'))
The Python version I use is 3.4. You have to use sudo to replace the file.
Then you reload the input method by doing killall SCIM, and then activate the input method again. If the SCIM process fails to start, log out and log in again. Now the Chinese input method would be emoji-free.
PS: I like the emoji feature. Emoji is the first reason I use the Apple Chinese input method rather than other third party ones.
I think you just need to Collapse the Character Viewer by clicking the button next to the search field.
Best Answer
Click on the top right icon to get the previous keyboard