Re: proposal for limiting menu icons color and size
Chris Walker <cjw1006@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> A different, but related point was that minimised icons look better if
> they are the same size. For this, a larger icon is needed. I'd be
> happy with 32x32, although 48x48 was suggested. Using
> iconname.size.xpm to differentiate them seems a good idea.
Yup, I'm willing to change fvwm95 to look for iconname.size.xpm, and
fall back to iconname.xpm if it isn't found.
> AFAIK, menu doesn't support providing icons for minimised apps. It would be
> nice if something could, and I think menu would be a reasonable place
> to do so. An extension to the format of the menu definition file is
> required so that the appropriate icon is used.
fvwm* based window managers identify icons to windows via the X class
or window title. An application may have more than one icon for
windows, so the extension has to be a pair list ("class|name",
iconname). I've already discussed this a bit with Joost.
> PS I'm currently having problems with user menus and fvwm2. I'll try to
> investigate further when I have time. It may just be failure to RTFM
> properly on my behalf. /usr/doc/menu and man update-menus differ on
> whether they should be in ~/.menu or ~/.menus though I think there is
> more to it than that
You need to name your ~/.menu/ files local.<file>. If there's no
'local.', then the update-menus program ignores it - if there isn't a
Debian package called 'file' installed on your system.
Best wishes,
Kenny.
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