This patch gives the user the option to hide the
display of graphical emoticons in all messages and
postings.
this option is under Settings -> General
I am not entirely sure if I did it the correct way,
maybe the user_id to user to get_pref isn't done
efficient, but atleast it works (for me).
This diff is made against distributedcity-0.98.1027297042
midsiip
the hide_emoticon diff