Create custom emoticons for iChat

Aug 26, '02 12:55:44AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

If you go to /System -> Library -> PrivateFrameworks -> InstantMessage.framework -> Resources, you will find the .tiff emoticons files for iChat. I duplicated one and changed it a little bit with PhotoShop and then renamed it to veryangry.tiff.

Next I opened SmileyTable.plist within the English.lproj folder in that same location, and I added this to the file:

<dict>
<key>ASCII</key>
<array>
<string>&gt;:(((</string>
</array>
<key>Filename</key>
<string>veryangry</string>
<key>SmileyName</key>
<string>Very Angry</string>
</dict>
Now I have an additional emoticon in iChat!

[Editor's note: I have no idea what happens when you send a custom emoticon to someone who doesn't have the matching TIFF on their own machine...]

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