Sphinx Emoji Codes

An extension to use emoji codes in your Sphinx documentation!

pip install sphinxemoji

Usage

Enable the Sphinx extension(s) in your conf.py file:

extensions = [
    '...',
    'sphinxemoji.sphinxemoji',
]

Then you can use emoji code replacements by writing them between bars:

This text includes a smiley face |:smile:| and a snake too! |:snake:|

Don't you love it? |:heart_eyes:|

You can find the list of all supported emoji codes in the project's documentation page.

Configuration

If you want a consistent emoji style instead of using the browser's default, you can set it in your conf.py file:

sphinxemoji_style = 'twemoji'

By default Twemoji is obtained from a CDN. If you want to specify your own source location (be it local or from another CDN), you can do so via the conf.py file:

sphinxemoji_source = 'https://unpkg.com/twemoji@latest/dist/twemoji.min.js'
# or: sphinxemoji_source = 'my-local-twemoji.min.js'

Build

Install the Python build frontend:

pip install build

You can build this package by running this command from the root directory:

python -m build

And for publishing:

python -m twine upload dist/*

Notes

Emoji substitutions are processed after default substitutions like |release|, |version| and |today|, but before any other substitutions in source files (i.e. emoji substitutions can be overriden).