Emoticon Sets

.AdiumEmoticonSet Xtras define a set of emoticons for display when particular character combinations occur. whole emoticon sets can be selected or deselected as a whole, or the emoticons from within the set can be chosen individually. By default, Adium contains five emoticon sets that can be configured from Adium's Appearance preferences pane:

• Adiumy
• Default
• MSN
• Yahoo
• iChat

Emoticon sets can be given a higher priority by dragging them to a higher position in the list of available emoticon sets.

More emoticon sets are available at the  Adium Xtras site, and can be installed by clicking the install link on the Xtra's page. To install an .AdiumEmoticonSet file that you have already downloaded, simply doubleclick it. In either case, Adium will launch and put it into the correct place for you.