Re: More on icons for packages
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:20:34 +0000, Paul Brossier <piem-lists@altern.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 19:35 -0500, Dale C. Scheetz wrote:
> > With regards to GNOME panel icons. The "add to panel" option now no
> > longer offers "launcher from menu" so now with the "custom launcer"
> > you have to hunt for your icon.
>
> well yes, here it does at least. you can also drag and drop it from your
> menu.
Yes, that works here too, but doesn't that use the icon displayed in
the menu entry? For Spider I conformed to the menu spec and made the
icon 32x32 pixels in xpm format. The icon I would prefer to use on the
desktop/panel is 114x154 pixels and gives a smoother lookeing icon.
I'll have to experiment with violating the menu spec and seeing how it
works...
>
> On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 18:17 -0500, Dale C. Scheetz wrote:
> > It might be better to reserve /usr/share/pixmaps specifically for menu
> > icons in xpm format and create /usr/share/icons for png gif and jpeg
> > icon images.
>
> i don't think this is the right way to go. gnome and kde use the
> freedesktop standard and look for their icons in /usr/share/pixmaps.
I see your point. I was not aware of the other "specifications". One
single location for icons makes great sense.
> other applications using icons should seriously consider looking in
> there if they want to find any icon. clever ones could prune redundant
> icon according to their file format preference.
>
> you don't really want to use jpeg in a menu do you?
>
Naaah, I just included it for completeness, png is a much better format ;-)
> > Is it worth while trying to get some general icon policy established or
> > am I straigning at gnats?
>
> another manual does not seem required. but mentionning the use
> of .desktop would be a worth addition to the menu manual.
>
Except that it has little to do with the menu specification. For those
like me who went searching for "icon" in the docs it would be nice to
have a section with that title that points at the menu spec and the
desktop spec and any other useful help with icon managment.
> see http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/
>
This is very useful. Thank you!
BTW, DSL (Damn Small Linux, a Debian based live cd distro) uses its
own desktop icon format in a .lnk file in the .xdesktop directory for
that user.
I'm still left with a question: How do I, as a package maintainer,
provide these .desktop files so the user either automatically or by
some simple choice gets the icon on their desktop?
Waiting is,
Dwarf
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