Smilies and vars.php

Ok !
I found them they move to functions.php in 2.2

its moved.

Look inside wp-includes/functions.php starting at line 1426

Better still, you can set them up in wp-config.php, which avoids having to do them again next time you upgrade WordPress.

Oh yes !!
How to do this ?
Which code do you write in it ?

Put code like this:

$wpsmiliestrans = array(
':)'	=> 'smile.gif',
';-)' => 'wink.gif'
);

Substituting your own codes and file names, of course. Make sure there are single quotes around each code and each file name, and that there is a comma at the end of each line except the last.

Put it towards the end of the file, just before:

require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

If you have a lot of custom smilies, it makes upgrading a little less awkward.

So, um, it appears SOME of the info from the links below, is still valid. And SOME of it needs to be updated for WP 2.2.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Smilies

which links to this interesting resource on Taming Smilies, that explains more detail what LesBessant was saying,
https://aranea.zuavra.net/index.php/20/

I’m going to try it