MENTION ENHANCEMENT: Support emojis in feature files and steps.

CHANGES.rst

@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ GOALS:
 ENHANCEMENTS:
 
 * Add support for Gherkin v6 grammar and syntax in ``*.feature`` files
-* Use cucumber "gherkin-languages.json" now (simplify: Gherkin v6 aliases, language usage)
 * Use `cucumber-tag-expressions`_ with tag-matching extension (superceeds: old-style tag-expressions)
+* Use cucumber "gherkin-languages.json" now (simplify: Gherkin v6 aliases, language usage)
+* Support emojis in ``*.feature`` files and steps
 * issue #678: Scenario Outline: Support tags with commas and semicolons (provided by: lawnmowerlatte, pull #679)
 * issue #675: Feature files cannot be found within symlink directories (provided by: smadness, pull #680)
 * Select-by-location: Add support for "Scenario container" (Feature, Rule, ScenarioOutline) (related to: #391)

docs/new_and_noteworthy_v1.2.7.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Summary:
 * :pypi:`cucumber-tag-expressions` are extended by "tag-matching"
   to match partial tag names, like: ``@foo.*``
 * `Select-by-location for Scenario Containers`_ (Feature, Rule, ScenarioOutline)
+* `Support for emojis in feature files and steps`_
 
 .. _`Example Mapping`: https://cucumber.io/blog/example-mapping-introduction/
 .. _`Example Mapping Webinar`: https://cucumber.io/blog/example-mapping-webinar/
@@ -135,3 +136,19 @@ Now you can select all entities of a **Scenario Container** (Feature, Rule, Scen
 
 A file-location into a **Scenario Container** selects all its entities
 (Scenarios, ...).
+
+
+Support for Emojis in Feature Files and Steps
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Emojis can now be used in ``*.feature`` files.
+* Emojis can now be used in step definitions.
+* You can now use ``language=emoji (em)`` in ``*.feature`` files ;-)
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../features/i18n_emoji.feature
+    :prepend:  # -- FILE: features/i18n_emoji.feature
+    :language: gherkin
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../features/steps/i18n_emoji_steps.py
+    :prepend:  # -- FILE: features/steps/i18n_emoji_steps.py
+    :language: python

features/i18n_emoji.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# language: em
+# SOURCE: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/blob/master/gherkin/testdata/good/i18n_emoji.feature
+
+📚: 🙈🙉🙊
+
+  📕: 💃
+    😐🎸

features/steps/i18n_emoji_steps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+# NEEDED-BY: features/i18n_emoji.feature
+
+from behave import given
+
+@given(u'🎸')
+def step_impl(context):
+    """Step implementation example with emoji(s)."""
+    pass
+