Spec Issues: (Character) Entity References

[Crissov]

I just want to remind everyone that the character substitution feature many authors are more likely to encounter currently, are emoji “short names” or “short codes”.

Emoji support, like in JIRA?

Hi, I’m here as a user, not as a developer. As a user, I would love things like table support, and, as I have written previously, some way to write lists without having a list indicator character for every single line. CSS support (e.g. a shorthand for creating a with an associated class) would also be great for e.g. control of text color and fonts. And here’s another: I love JIRAs basic support for emojis and icons. I understand that this may lead to additional requirements like hosting image…

https://discourse.wicg.io/t/named-emoji-entities-or-short-names/1636