Yeap. I made myself a custom set of emoticons too.
I used, as a template EmoPacks\DCPro.xml, I used images from the Y. Messenger site, and even if they are gifs,
they work, though, standing still, not animated... but still , I am pleased, because I see the images I'm used too, when chatting.
Sure I'd like to share my emoticons pack with others, but the images are not mine... so ...
I could only show the .xml file (as attachment) MAC_YM_c.xml