Composing Text in Emacs: Unicode, Emojis, and the Power of C-x 8

One of the things that never stops fascinating me about Emacs is how
deep the rabbit hole goes when your start
exploring... well... anything!

You come for a text editor.

You stay because it quietly turns into a laboratory and eventually the
custom interface for your entire computer experience.

Most people associate emojis with mobile keyboards, chat apps, or
graphical picke...