emoji works, huzzah. addresses #681, #1840, and some discussion in #1908

bower.json

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
     "github-buttons": "git://github.com/mdo/github-buttons.git",
     "marked": "~0.2.9",
     "JavaScriptButtons": "git://github.com/paypal/JavaScriptButtons.git#master",
-    "Angular-At-Directive": "git://github.com/snicker/Angular-At-Directive#master"
+    "Angular-At-Directive": "git://github.com/snicker/Angular-At-Directive#master",
+    "js-emoji": "git://github.com/iamcal/js-emoji#master",
+    "gemoji": "git://github.com/github/gemoji"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "jquery": "~2.0.3",

public/js/directives/directives.js

@@ -81,12 +81,18 @@ habitrpg.directive('habitrpgSortable', ['User', function(User) {
 //        return hljs.highlightAuto(code).value;
 //      }
     });
+    
+    emoji.img_path = 'bower_components/gemoji/images/emoji/unicode/';
 
     var toHtml = function (markdown) {
       if (markdown == undefined)
         return '';
-
+      
-      return marked(markdown);
+      markdown = marked(markdown);
+      markdown = emoji.replace_colons(markdown);
+      markdown = emoji.replace_unified(markdown);
+      
+      return markdown;
     };
     
     // [nickgordon20131123] this hacky override wraps images with a link to the image in a new window, and also adds some classes in case we want to style
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ habitrpg.directive('habitrpgSortable', ['User', function(User) {
           + '></a>';
       }
     }
-
+    
     //hljs.tabReplace = '    ';
 
     return {

public/manifest.json

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
             "bower_components/Angular-At-Directive/src/at.js",
             "bower_components/Angular-At-Directive/src/caret.js",
             "bower_components/angular-bindonce/bindonce.js",
+            "bower_components/js-emoji/emoji.js",
 
             "bower_components/bootstrap/docs/assets/js/bootstrap.js",
             "bower_components/angular-bootstrap/ui-bootstrap.js",
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@
         "css": [
             "bower_components/bootstrap/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css",
             "app.css",
-            "bower_components/habitrpg-shared/dist/spritesheets.css"
+            "bower_components/habitrpg-shared/dist/spritesheets.css",
+            "bower_components/js-emoji/emoji.css"
         ]
     },
     "static": {