fix: rename .talon files that shadow same-named .talon-list files

[wesleyboar]

Overview

Fixes user.emoji and user.top_level_domain registering with zero entries, which made their commands unmatchable.

Changes

• renamed each .talon file that shadowed a same-named .talon-list
  • emoji.talon → insert_emoji.talon
  • top_level_domain.talon → insert_top_level_domain.talon

Testing

Top-Level Domains

1. On main, run:

   echo 'from talon import registry; print(len(dict(registry.lists["user.top_level_domain"][0])))' | ~/.talon/bin/repl
   

2. Verify it prints 0.
3. Say "dot com".
4. Verify nothing is typed.
5. Check out this branch.
6. Restart Talon.
7. Repeat step 1.
8. Verify it now prints 8.
9. Say "dot com".
10. Verify .com is typed.

Emojis

1. On main, run:

   echo 'from talon import registry; print(len(dict(registry.lists["user.emoji"][0])))' | ~/.talon/bin/repl
   

2. Verify it prints 0.
3. Focus Slack or Discord.
4. Say "emoji angry".
5. Verify nothing is pasted.
6. Check out this branch.
7. Restart Talon.
8. Repeat step 1.
9. Verify it now prints 28.
10. Focus Slack or Discord.
11. Say "emoji angry".
12. Verify 😠 is pasted.

Notes

• Talon skips a .talon-list whose basename matches a .talon file in the same directory, logging DEBUG [ ] instead of DEBUG [+] — no warning or error.
• These were the only two collisions that AI found among the repo's 96 .talon-list files.

[wesleyboar]

Note

tags/emoji/insert_emoji.talon
Verifying this half needs Slack or Discord focus: those are the only two contexts that enable tag: user.emoji, which gates these rules. emoticon and kaomoji were never affected, since their list files have no same-stem .talon shadowing them.

Note

core/top_level_domain/insert_top_level_domain.talon
The insert_ prefix follows the existing core/vocabulary/edit_vocabulary.talon precedent for naming a command file differently from its sibling list files. Renaming the .talon-list instead would fix the shadowing equally well, but would break the convention that a list file is named after the list it defines.

[chdoc]

I would prefer the more subtle approach of adding a plural s to the .talon file. My rationale would be that the Talon file deals with the concept (e.g. "emojis" or "top level domains") while the {user.emoji} is definitely more natural in the grammar. And I think it is worth keeping the name of the list file identical with the name of the list being defined (where possible).

[AndreasArvidsson]

Feedback from the community session. We would prefer if you pluralize the list file name. eg emojis.talon-list. Don't rename the list itself just the file name.

[chatgpt-codex-connector]

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