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Disable certain emoticons in iChat Apps
A previous hint mentioned how you could use custom emoticons in iChat by modifying SmileyTable.plist, but I have often been annoyed that when listing things in a chat (such as "A)... B)...") that iChat would display the "B)" as an emoticon. So, similarly, if you would like to disable emoticons selectively, you could do so in SmileyTable.plist or disable them entirely by renaming the file to SmileyTable.plist.bak. You will need to relaunch iChat for these changes to take effect. This has been tested on both iChat AV Public Beta and iChat AV 2.0.

[robg adds: You can find the SmileyTable.plist file in /System -> Library -> PrivateFrameworks -> InstantMessage.framework -> Versions -> A -> Resources -> English.lproj. I tested this and it does work...]
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Disable certain emoticons in iChat
Authored by: hysterion on Nov 25, '03 05:02:22PM
But: won't this only affect your view of the conversation, while interlocutors still get a smiley for "B)"?

Digression: does anyone know if "thought bubbles" can be enabled in 3- (or N-)way conversations? I only seem to get them when dialoguing with at most one correspondent.

(I don't mean the regular speech balloons, I mean the thought bubbles that indicate you're busy typing something.)

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Disable certain emoticons in iChat
Authored by: robg on Nov 27, '03 02:40:22PM

No, once disabled, they are NOT sent (I tested that out).

-rob.



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Not cool, robg!
Authored by: inspired_tmu on Nov 25, '03 08:16:46PM

I've submitted this hint before, but it was rejected. I was told that this hint already existed and was not different enough to justify posting.

Not cool, robg!



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Not cool, robg!
Authored by: robg on Nov 27, '03 02:38:28PM

Hmm, if I did that, then my bad ... not intentional, honest. The memory must be going after 4,500 hints.

Sorry...

-rob.



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