add support for custom emoji

Author: imorte

README.md

@@ -419,6 +419,20 @@ You can now override the context portForward default address configuration by se
       skin: dracula # => assumes the file skins/dracula.yaml is present in the  $XDG_DATA_HOME/k9s/skins directory
       # Allows to set certain views default fullscreen mode. (yaml, helm history, describe, value_extender, details, logs) Default false
       defaultsToFullScreen: false
+      # Customize emojis used in the UI
+      emoji:
+        # General UI emojis
+        startUp: "🐶"
+        commandLine: "🐶"
+        filterLine: "🐩"
+        happy: "😎"
+        warn: "😗"
+        angry: "😡"
+        # XRay view emojis
+        xray:
+          pods: "🚛"
+          deployments: "🪂"
+          # ... more resource emoji can be customized (see internal/config/json/schemas/k9s.json)
     # Toggles icons display as not all terminal support these chars.
     noIcons: false
     # Toggles whether k9s should check for the latest revision from the GitHub repository releases. Default is false.
@@ -918,6 +932,47 @@ roleRef:
 
 ---
 
+## Custom Emoji
+
+You can customize emoji displayed in K9s by configuring the `emoji` section in your K9s configuration. This allows you to personalize various icons used throughout the application.
+
+```yaml
+# $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/k9s/config.yaml
+k9s:
+  ui:
+    emoji:
+      # Main UI emoji
+      startUp: "🐶"
+      commandLine: "🐶"
+      filterLine: "🐩"
+      happy: "😎"
+      warn: "😗"
+      angry: "😡"
+      file: "🦄"
+      folder: "📁"
+      checkMark: "✅"
+      logStreamCancelled: "🏁"
+      newVersion: "⚡️"
+      # XRay view emojis
+      xray:
+        namespaces: "🗂"
+        defaultGvr: "📎"
+        nodes: "🖥"
+        pods: "🚛"
+        services: "💁‍♀️"
+        # Many more XRay icons available... (see internal/config/json/schemas/k9s.json)
+```
+
+To disable all emojis, you can use the `noIcons` option instead:
+
+```yaml
+k9s:
+  ui:
+    noIcons: true
+```
+
+---
+
 ## Skins
 
 Example: Dracula Skin ;)

cmd/root.go

@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func loadConfiguration() (*config.Config, error) {
-	log.Info().Msg("🐶 K9s starting up...")
-
 	k8sCfg := client.NewConfig(k8sFlags)
 	k9sCfg := config.NewConfig(k8sCfg)
 	var errs error
@@ -138,6 +136,8 @@ func loadConfiguration() (*config.Config, error) {
 		errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
 	}
 
+	log.Info().Msg(k9sCfg.K9s.UI.Emoji.StartUpEmoji() + " K9s starting up...")
+
 	conn, err := client.InitConnection(k8sCfg)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func loadConfiguration() (*config.Config, error) {
 
 	k9sCfg.SetConnection(conn)
 
-	log.Info().Msg("✅ Kubernetes connectivity")
+	log.Info().Msg(k9sCfg.K9s.UI.Emoji.CheckMarkEmoji() + " Kubernetes connectivity")
 	if err := k9sCfg.Save(false); err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Config save")
 		errs = errors.Join(errs, err)