>>> "ESF" == Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Thursday,  2 Sep 2021 at 09:21, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> If I understand your approach correctly you don't see the smileys
>> while you type a message?

> Correct: the gnus smiley package makes emojis appear when you view an
> article but does not affect message composition.

> The alternative, and this being Emacs there is always an alternative,
> would be to insert the emojis directly when composing, as in

> C-x 8 RET slightly smiling face RET

> to give you 🙂.  This allows you to insert anything, not limited to
> those emojis listed in the translation table posted earlier in this
> thread including cats etc. 😉

I just realized that some fail, for example 
SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES AND HAND COVERING MOUTH gives  01F92D a sort of square  🤭
and 
SMILING FACE WITH TEAR 01F872 

What do I miss here?