Added setting to hide emojis in usernames

src/Conf.defaults

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ retweet_mode = string(default="ask")
 persist_size = integer(default=0)
 load_cache_in_memory=boolean(default=True)
 show_screen_names = boolean(default=False)
+hide_emojis = boolean(default=False)
 buffer_order = list(default=list('home','mentions', 'dm', 'sent_dm', 'sent_tweets','favorites','followers','friends','blocks','muted'))
 
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src/controller/settings.py

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class accountSettingsController(globalSettingsController):
         widgetUtils.connect_event(self.dialog.general.au, widgetUtils.BUTTON_PRESSED, self.manage_autocomplete)
         self.dialog.set_value("general", "relative_time", self.config["general"]["relative_times"])
         self.dialog.set_value("general", "show_screen_names", self.config["general"]["show_screen_names"])
+        self.dialog.set_value("general", "hide_emojis", self.config["general"]["hide_emojis"])
         self.dialog.set_value("general", "itemsPerApiCall", self.config["general"]["max_tweets_per_call"])
         self.dialog.set_value("general", "reverse_timelines", self.config["general"]["reverse_timelines"])
         rt = self.config["general"]["retweet_mode"]
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ class accountSettingsController(globalSettingsController):
             log.debug("Triggered app restart due to change in relative times.")
             self.config["general"]["relative_times"] = self.dialog.get_value("general", "relative_time")
         self.config["general"]["show_screen_names"] = self.dialog.get_value("general", "show_screen_names")
+        self.config["general"]["hide_emojis"] = self.dialog.get_value("general", "hide_emojis")
         self.config["general"]["max_tweets_per_call"] = self.dialog.get_value("general", "itemsPerApiCall")
         if self.config["general"]["load_cache_in_memory"] != self.dialog.get_value("general", "load_cache_in_memory"):
             self.config["general"]["load_cache_in_memory"] = self.dialog.get_value("general", "load_cache_in_memory")

src/sessions/twitter/session.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 import logging
 import webbrowser
 import wx
+import demoji
 import config
 import output
 import application
@@ -472,11 +473,16 @@ class Session(base.baseSession):
         aliases = self.settings.get("user-aliases")
         if aliases == None:
             log.error("Aliases are not defined for this config spec.")
-            return user.name
+            return self.demoji_user(user.name)
         user_alias = aliases.get(user.id_str)
         if user_alias != None:
             return user_alias
-        return user.name
+        return self.demoji_user(user.name)
+
+    def demoji_user(self, name):
+        if self.settings["general"]["hide_emojis"] == True:
+            return demoji.replace(name, "")
+        return name
 
     def get_user_by_screen_name(self, screen_name):
         """ Returns an user identifier associated with a screen_name.

src/wxUI/dialogs/configuration.py

@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class generalAccount(wx.Panel, baseDialog.BaseWXDialog):
         sizer.Add(rMode, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
         self.show_screen_names = wx.CheckBox(self, wx.ID_ANY, _(U"Show screen names instead of full names"))
         sizer.Add(self.show_screen_names, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
+        self.hide_emojis = wx.CheckBox(self, wx.ID_ANY, _("hide emojis in usernames"))
+        sizer.Add(self.hide_emojis, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
         PersistSizeLabel = wx.StaticText(self, -1, _(u"Number of items per buffer to cache in database (0 to disable caching, blank for unlimited)"))
         self.persist_size = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1)
         sizer.Add(PersistSizeLabel, 0, wx.ALL, 5)