On Wed, Mar 08 2006, Adam Sjøgren wrote:

> I have now updated my set of garish AOL-smilies so they match the full
> set found in etc/images/smilies/ in Gnus CVS.
>
> I have also created a set of dull smilies that are grey and without
> borders. They can do with a lot of improvement though.
>
>  <http://www.koldfront.dk/text/larger-smilies.html>

Apply the attached patch, put Adam's smilies into a /medium and
/grayscale ("dull-*.tar.gz") subdirectory of etc/images/smilies, do
`M-: (push "/path/to/No_Gnus/lisp/" load-path) RET', and customize
`smiley-style'.  WDYT?

For my font size (14) your 16 pixel smilies are too large (causing
increased "linespread").  Maybe you could remove the empty lines from
your "dull" variants?

Bye, Reiner.

Test text with all kinds of smilies follows:

  Lorem ipsum dolor ^:-) sit amet, consectetuer ^:) adipiscing
  elit. Aenean ;-) tincidunt ultrices ;) nisl. Nullam fermentum turpis
  eu ante. Nunc magna :-] augue, rutrum ut, suscipit non, mollis
  vitae, erat. Vivamus ullamcorper ligula 8-) ut nisi. Donec ultrices
  massa sed metus semper :-| congue. Vivamus dignissim, neque non
  placerat :-/ pharetra, mauris sapien mattis justo, a nonummy :-\ dui
  nulla ac dolor. Suspendisse purus eros, :-( sagittis vel, mollis
  non, adipiscing a, justo. Vivamus ultricies, >:-) ipsum quis
  placerat consectetuer, leo lorem eleifend odio, id tincidunt neque
  mi ac mauris. X-) Pellentesque vehicula orci ut nisl. Suspendisse
  potenti. Phasellus ornare, elit a hendrerit :-D vulputate, ipsum
  libero viverra dui, ac imperdiet lectus mi eget metus.