Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2

@Steffie As of now I’ve found 2 ways, of which one doesn’t work if I edit it just a little, and the other doesn’t seem right to me (but that may be just me).

Nothing will work if you don’t have a colourful emoji font, e.g. (already mentioned) Noto Color Emoji.

Also, I recommend you first of all checking the emoji fonts section in Plasma settings.

What I have done (but may not work for you, or even for me if I try tomorrow)
(Stopped working even after I only changed sans-serif to something else)
In ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini (not sure if necessary)
gtk-font-name=sans-serif 10
In ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf:
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Iosevka Term</family>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
    <default><family>Iosevka Term</family></default>
  </alias>
(Doesn’t seem right to me, and is equal to uninstalling the other emoji fonts)
In ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf:
  <selectfont>
    <rejectfont>
      <pattern>
        <patelt name="family">
          <string>EmojiSymbols</string>
        </patelt>
      </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
  </selectfont>

luetage

@potmeklecbohdan I don't really use the menu, but for me it seems to work with noto emojis.

Screenshot from 2020-10-01 17-57-51.png

When I set it up the first time I had to jump a few hoops though. I don’t find the source anymore, but I made a file in etc/fonts called local.conf with all the substitutions.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>

  <!-- Add emoji generic family -->
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>emoji</family>
    <default>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </default>
  </alias>

  <!-- Aliases for the other emoji fonts -->
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Apple Color Emoji</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Segoe UI Emoji</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Android Emoji</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Emojisymbols</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Emojione Mozilla</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Twemoji Mozilla</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Segoe Ui Symbol</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>

  <!-- Do not allow any app to use Symbola, ever -->
  <selectfont>
    <rejectfont>
      <pattern>
        <patelt name="family">
          <string>Symbola</string>
        </patelt>
      </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
  </selectfont>
      
</fontconfig>

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@Gwen-Dragon said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

VB-72574 "Reload tab menu has no numbers"
//EDIT: Wooaaaaa!
Works with EN-US, EN-UK and FR but not DE language.
Localization is a hell.

This is a small mistake in the German translation. I've notified the translator group so it should be fixed for the next snapshot.

Steffie

@potmeklecbohdan + @luetage + @Gwen-Dragon

Thank you all.

You who clearly understand all this fonty faffle will likely think this a daft question, but here goes.

If i do install the Noto emoji family thingie, does that MANDATE that i must also use Noto as my default ordinary fonts?

If yes, then i am not interested to proceed. If no, i shall give it a try.

PS:

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

have a colourful emoji font, e.g. (already mentioned) Noto Color Emoji

I readily acknowledge that we have discussed this before, & i did try to solve it but i abandoned bothering with it due to my inability to understand the question i have now asked just above.

luetage

@Steffie No, that would be rather bad design. You use whatever fonts you like anywhere in your system and emojis should work automatically with the noto emoji font installed and the local.conf file placed. Test here before and after.

Steffie

@luetage Excellent news, ta muchly. Added now to my To Do list... sadly the first item of which after lunch is to remote-into Dad's pc for his monthly win10 checkover , may Zarquon take pity on my sole :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye: .

AndreyL

Still same crash on Linux (VB-71985), still unable to download debug snapshot build.

I'm unable to download debug binaries for Linux snapshot builds. Following instructions on https://help.vivaldi.com/article/reporting-crashes-on-linux/, I'm trying to download this file for the snapshot here https://vivaldi.com/blog/snapshots/desktop/custom-links-in-menus-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-2059-2/:

wget https://vivaldi.com/download/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-1.x86_64-debug.zip
--2020-10-02 07:32:38--  https://vivaldi.com/download/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-1.x86_64-debug.zip
Resolving vivaldi.com (vivaldi.com)... 172.67.21.222, 104.22.68.109, 104.22.69.109, ...
Connecting to vivaldi.com (vivaldi.com)|172.67.21.222|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See other
Location: https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-1.x86_64-debug.zip [following]
--2020-10-02 07:32:38--  https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-1.x86_64-debug.zip
Resolving downloads.vivaldi.com (downloads.vivaldi.com)... 151.139.236.233
Connecting to downloads.vivaldi.com (downloads.vivaldi.com)|151.139.236.233|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2020-10-02 07:32:39 ERROR 404: Not Found.

It is not the first time, I've failed to do so for every last snapshot we had, see my posts at https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/51173/periodic-tab-reload-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-2056-19/142?lang=en-US&page=8

Come on, could anyone at Vivaldi support team check if the Linux snapshots debug builds are published and the instructions for crash reporting are still valid? Here is a user that wants help you, but you don't give me a chance!

modedit reformatted output

Steffie

@Steffie Nope, nope, nope.

Meine Emojis bleiben gebrochen, d.h. einfarbig und missgebildet.

This is me, giving up on it, again... & pretending i don't care, again.

Spoiler

I installed noto-fonts-emoji from the main Arch repos.

I created /etc/fonts/local.conf with contents per @luetage at https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/402429

I relaunched V-SS & confirmed that the V Menu Tools - Internal Tools - ⛔ RESTART ⛔ still only displays as malformed monochrome re the emojis.

I closed everything, logged out then logged back into my Plasma desktop.

Repeated #3 - still NFG.

Rebooted.

Repeated #3 - still NFG.

Searched my Bookmarks & rediscovered this old reference https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/tutorial-how-to-enable-system-wide-color-emoji-support/35188

i diffed that url's /etc/fonts/local.conf against that per #2, noted multiple differences, decided to retain #2.

Noted that url's "Go to your settings or configuration tool and change the font to "Sans Serif". This will use the configuration we've just created so apps can show emoji." & rejected it -- as previously stated, i simply will not change my prefered default fonts merely to use some lousy emojis.

Noted that url's later post/reply https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/tutorial-how-to-enable-system-wide-color-emoji-support/35188/3, & so copied my /etc/fonts/local.conf to /home/steffie/.config/fontconfig/local.conf [knowing this is not what that reference had said].

I closed everything, logged out then logged back into my Plasma desktop.

Repeated #3 - still NFG.

Contemplated following https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/tutorial-how-to-enable-system-wide-color-emoji-support/35188/3 to the letter, ie, replacing the contents of /home/steffie/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf with /etc/fonts/local.conf, felt this was likely unwise [ie, maybe a similar feeling to @potmeklecbohdan per https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/402417 ?].

Contemplated maybe replacing either /etc/fonts/local.conf or /home/steffie/.config/fontconfig/local.conf with contents of https://gist.github.com/Nyubis/2023a01276c1cfc9786a per @potmeklecbohdan at https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/402381, noted however that it seems entirely predicated on using my disliked font family Noto, so didn't bother.

Decided to abandon this foolish quest once again.

Commenced a period of intensive sulking; duration indeterminate.

Stupid emojis.

@Steffie said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

8. Searched my Bookmarks & rediscovered this old reference https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/tutorial-how-to-enable-system-wide-color-emoji-support/35188
9. i diffed that url's /etc/fonts/local.conf against that per #2, noted multiple differences, decided to retain #2.
10. Noted that url's "Go to your settings or configuration tool and change the font to "Sans Serif". This will use the configuration we've just created so apps can show emoji." & rejected it -- as previously stated, i simply will not change my prefered default fonts merely to use some lousy emojis.

But… why don’t you simply change the Noto Sans & Noto Serif to your preferred font?

Nevertheless, IIRC, this (the config behind the link) is what I tried & failed.

Steffie

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

(the config behind the link) is what I tried & failed

Snicker.

Still working hard on #17 here.

AndreyL

@Gwen-Dragon : thanks, finally!

Please update instructions at https://help.vivaldi.com/article/reporting-crashes-on-linux/ : the url is not

wget https://vivaldi.com/download/vivaldi-<version>.<arch>-debug.zip

but

wget https://vivaldi.com/download/files/snapshot/vivaldi-<version>-<arch>-debug.zip

@Steffie said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

(the config behind the link) is what I tried & failed

Snicker.

…but now I succeeded, with none of the fonts being Noto {Sans|Serif|Mono}

Steffie

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

now I succeeded

What does this mean? Are you saying that now, despite your attempts originally not working, you do now indeed see emojis in your V-SS Menu?

Specifically which file [including path] did you edit pls?

luetage

@Steffie I’d stick to my instructions, but that’s only natural, because it works here, lol. I remember darkly that I had to reload font cache after adding local.conf.

@Steffie I edited ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf. And as mentioned by @luetage, you have to reload the font cache afterwards (not sure if it’s done on Plasma restart, but fc-cache -f works well w/o that). Oh, and of course after changing all the settings you have to restart Vivaldi.

Durtro

In this build I can't edit notes using the floating note panel. As I set my cursor in the note the panel "floats out".
Don't know if the problem was also present in the last ones.

Ruarí

@AndreyL There is no need to update the instructions https://vivaldi.com/download/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-x86_64-debug.zip works fine. There is a redirect but it works. The initial problem is simply that they were not uploaded for the last snapshot.

Ruarí

$ wget --spider https://vivaldi.com/download/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-x86_64-debug.zip
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2020-10-02 11:20:24--  https://vivaldi.com/download/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-x86_64-debug.zip
Resolving vivaldi.com... 104.22.69.109, 172.67.21.222, 104.22.68.109, ...
Connecting to vivaldi.com|104.22.69.109|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See other
Location: https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-x86_64-debug.zip [following]
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2020-10-02 11:20:25--  https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-3.4.2059.2-x86_64-debug.zip
Resolving downloads.vivaldi.com... 151.139.236.233
Connecting to downloads.vivaldi.com|151.139.236.233|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 269660335 (257M) [application/vnd.debian.binary-package]
Remote file exists.

Steffie

@luetage

I’d stick to my instructions

Ta. Unless you can spot a divergence i made in my documented steps 1 - 7 above, then afaik i did follow your method. Re this beeswax of "reload font cache", well obviously this is the first time i have heard of this, ergo i did not manually do it before... but surely my documented logout/in AND reboot served this purpose? Yet, it did not work for me.

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

I edited ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

Oh, so you mean this:

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

\2. (Doesn’t seem right to me, and is equal to uninstalling the other emoji fonts)
In ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf:

But holy cow, your version now only has 9 lines, whereas my one [the default one, not edited] has 83 lines. There's no way i am willing to do that; logically it must imply possibly substantial unintended consequences to make a change so large, merely for these lousy emojis.

Thanks anyway.

@Steffie said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

I edited ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

Oh, so you mean this:

@potmeklecbohdan said in Custom links in menus – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2059.2:

\2. (Doesn’t seem right to me, and is equal to uninstalling the other emoji fonts)
In ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf:

Errr… no. I copy-pasted the relevant part of what’s behind the MF link you’ve posted into ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf (then changed the Gtk settings, refreshed font cache & checked whether it works).

But holy cow, your version now only has 9 lines, whereas my one [the default one, not edited] has 83 lines.

The version I’ve posted is only the relevant part of the file, in its completeness it has 61 lines (I hoped that the in before the file name, together with the fact there was 2-space indentation, would be enough sign that it isn’t the complete file).