Added trigger method according to issue #20 and pull #21

dist/emojionearea.js

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /*!
- * EmojioneArea v3.0.1
+ * EmojioneArea v3.0.2
  * https://github.com/mervick/emojionearea
  * Copyright Andrey Izman and other contributors
  * Released under the MIT license
- * Date: 2016-05-08T16:03Z
+ * Date: 2016-05-17T17:09Z
  */
 (function(document, window, $) {
     'use strict';
@@ -939,6 +939,13 @@
         return this;
     };
 
+    EmojioneArea.prototype.trigger = function() {
+        var args = slice.call(arguments),
+            call_args = [this].concat(args.slice(0,1));
+        call_args.push(args.slice(1));
+        return trigger.apply(this, call_args);
+    };
+
     EmojioneArea.prototype.setText = function (str) {
         var self = this;
         emojioneReady(function () {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "emojionearea",
-  "version": "3.0.1",
+  "version": "3.0.2",
   "description": "WYSIWYG-like EmojiOne Converter / Picker Plugin for jQuery",
   "main": "dist/emojionearea.js",
   "scripts": {

src/emojionearea.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ define([
     'prototype/var/EmojioneArea',
     'prototype/on',
     'prototype/off',
+    'prototype/trigger',
     'prototype/setText',
     'prototype/getText',
     'prototype/showPicker',

src/prototype/trigger.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+define([
+    'var/slice',
+    'function/trigger',
+    'prototype/var/EmojioneArea'
+],
+function(slice, trigger, EmojioneArea) {
+    EmojioneArea.prototype.trigger = function() {
+        var args = slice.call(arguments),
+            call_args = [this].concat(args.slice(0,1));
+        call_args.push(args.slice(1));
+        return trigger.apply(this, call_args);
+    };
+});