If a smiley is the first text on a line, it won't be parsed

[seth]

Smilies in the middle of paragraphs turn into their appropriate image fine. Smilies that start the line in which they are contained are not parsed.

Adding a space in front of the smiley will make it render correctly.

[_ck_]

See my solution under ​bug #2444

[Nazgul]

Duplicate of #2444. Closing this one, because the other has had more response.