now gets current emojis from unicode.org

src/lib/emurrjilist.nim

@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@ type
   Emoji* = object
     emoji*: string
     name*: string
+    group*: string
+    subgroup*: string
 
 proc `$`(e: Emoji): string = 
-  return e.emoji & " : " & e.name
+  return e.emoji & " : " & e.name & " : " & e.group & " : " & e.subgroup
+
+const ignore_groups = ["Flags", "Symbols"]
+const include_groups_override = ["geometric", "other-symbol"]
 
 proc getEmojis(): seq[string] =
   let file_emojis = staticRead("../../emojis.json")
   let emojis = file_emojis.fromJson(seq[Emoji])
   var list: seq[string] = @[]
-  for emoji in emojis:
+  for e in emojis:
-    list.add($emoji)
+    if e.group notin ignore_groups and e.subgroup in ignore_groups:
+      list.add($e)
+    if e.subgroup in include_groups_override:
+      list.add($e)
   return list
 
 const emoji_list = getEmojis()

src/lib/refresh_emoji.nim

@@ -6,9 +6,23 @@ import emurrjilist
 
 var emojis: seq[Emoji] = @[]
 let e_re = re"E[0-9\.]+"
+const group_line = "# group: "
+const subgroup_line = "# subgroup: "
 
 proc parse(body: string) =
+  var current_group = ""
+  var current_subgroup = ""
   for line in body.split("\n"):
+    if line.startsWith(group_line):
+      let g = line.replace(group_line, "")
+      if current_group != g:
+        current_group = g
+      continue
+    if line.startsWith(subgroup_line):
+      let sub_g = line.replace(subgroup_line, "")
+      if current_subgroup != sub_g:
+        current_subgroup = sub_g
+      continue
     if line == "" or (line.len > 0 and line[0] == '#'):
       continue
     try:
@@ -17,6 +31,8 @@ proc parse(body: string) =
       var emoji = Emoji()
       emoji.emoji = emo[0].strip(chars={' '})
       emoji.name = emo[1].strip()
+      emoji.group = current_group
+      emoji.subgroup = current_subgroup
       emojis.add(emoji)
     except:
       echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()