How to Enable Emoji Support in Kate Editor

If you can’t see emojis in Kate editor, like this:

It could be due to a font or rendereing issue.

How to Fix It:

1. Open Kate
2. Go to Settings > Configure Kate > Fonts & Color
3. Ensure you’re using a font that support emojis, like Noto Color Emoji or EmojiOne

In my case i saw that my font is: Hack my font not support emojis for then I just changed to Noto Color Emoji

If you don’t see the Noto Color Emoji font, you need to install it with the following command:

sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-emoji

The final result is this (I don’t like it very much, but it’s an alternative):