Re: IconPath, menu

["Adam P. Harris" <apharris@onshore.com>]

[You (Karl M. Hegbloom)]
> I've created a directory "/usr/X11R6/icons" for my own use. 
> that we need to have something like that, and a keeper of the icons.

We already have the location, and it is standard:
  /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/
There are over 300 pixmaps in there, a good deal of which are icons.

As for a "keeper",there are several alternate icons packages.   I think 
it would be a mistake to try to centralize icon maintenance. 
   
> All of the mini icons and whatnot from the various packages ought to
> be consolidated into one icon package.  

Why?   It sounds so hegemonic!  That person would have to maintain icons 
for every possible application/service.

> Other packages that require icons could suggest it, and the menu
> system could use them if they're present, or not if they're not.

The current flow is for application maintainers to bundle icons with 
their apps if possible, I believe.

[snip]
> Every package with a menu should have an icon.

That's what's happening AFAIK, but the package maintainers are 
responsible.  I don't know how their handling sizing issues and bit-depth 
issues but that's an issue for the debian-policy group I think.

> The emacs icon is an example of one that's way too huge. :-)

Yes, I use xemacs.xpm from the distribution, I put it in 
/usr/local/X11/include/pixmaps/ .

.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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