Removed unicode smileys, #1589

app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ module MarkdownifyHelper
     message = h(message).html_safe
 
     options[:newlines] = true if !options.has_key?(:newlines)
-    options[:emoticons] = true if !options.has_key?(:emoticons)
+    options[:specialchars] = true if !options.has_key?(:specialchars)
 
     message = process_links(message)
     message = process_autolinks(message)
     message = process_emphasis(message)
     message = process_youtube(message, options[:youtube_maps])
     message = process_vimeo(message, options[:vimeo_maps])
-    message = process_emoticons(message) if options[:emoticons]
+    message = process_specialchars(message) if options[:specialchars]
     message = process_newlines(message) if options[:newlines]
 
     message
@@ -115,13 +115,9 @@ module MarkdownifyHelper
     processed_message
   end
 
-  def process_emoticons(message)
+  def process_specialchars(message)
     map = [
       ["<3", "♥"],
-      [":(", "☹"],
-      [":-(", "☹"],
-      [":)", "☺"],
-      [":-)", "☺"],
       ["<->", "↔"],
       ["->", "→"],
       ["<-", "←"],
@@ -136,4 +132,4 @@ module MarkdownifyHelper
     end
     message
   end
-end
+end
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spec/helpers/markdownify_helper_spec.rb

@@ -150,20 +150,20 @@ describe MarkdownifyHelper do
       end
     end
 
-    describe "emoticons" do
+    describe "specialchars" do
       it "replaces <3 with ♥" do
         message = "i <3 you"
         markdownify(message).should == "i &hearts; you"
       end
 
       it "replaces various things with (their) HTML entities" do
-        message = ":) :-) :( :-( ... <-> -> <- (tm) (r) (c)"
-        markdownify(message).should == "&#9786; &#9786; &#9785; &#9785; &hellip; &#8596; &rarr; &larr; &trade; &reg; &copy;"
+        message = "... <-> -> <- (tm) (r) (c)"
+        markdownify(message).should == "&hellip; &#8596; &rarr; &larr; &trade; &reg; &copy;"
       end
 
       it "skips doing it if you say so" do
-        message = ":) :-) :( :-( ... -> <-"
-        markdownify(message, :emoticons => false).should == ":) :-) :( :-( ... -&gt; &lt;-"
+        message = "... -> <-"
+        markdownify(message, :specialchars => false).should == "... -&gt; &lt;-"
       end
     end
 
@@ -263,4 +263,4 @@ describe MarkdownifyHelper do
       end
     end
   end
-end
+end
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