rEmo transforms ASCII-emoticons to HTML.
gem install remo
First you need to copy the themes in your project, for example, in irb:
Remo.copy!('public/images/emoticons')
It will copy the themes in pwd/public/images/emoticons/ ...
And, parse :
Remo.new(string).to_html
See the rdoc for advanced usage.
Two themes are bundled into rEmo : simplesmileys and skype. You can preview the themes on the homepage.
A theme is a YAML file of regexps->image name. You can create one, but it's not recommended for your mental health (regexps sucks!).