Re: Fallback icons in thunar
On 28/11/13 19:26, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-11-28 at 19:01 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 28/11/13 18:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2013-11-28 at 14:03 +0700, Diep Pham Van wrote:
>>>> The problem is, I really like the novula icon set. Maybe there is a way
>>>> to make those icons look like other icons?
>>>
>>> You seemingly don't like the icon _s e t_!
>>>
>>> Replace the "Fallback icons" with links to novula icons.
>>
>>
>> That dog won't hunt.
>>
>> Icons are assigned to categories within which their are
>> subcategories/applications.
>>
>> If the icon set has nothing for a particular category i.e. synaptic it
>> either uses the matching icon from the default icon set (if there is a
>> default icon set) - or it displays nothing.
>
> You can link synaptic_icon -> web_browser_icon or what ever does fit
> better to synaptic ;). Important is only the link name, not the target
> name.
If there was something to symlink to (and there isn't).
>
> $ touch some_flashy_icon.png
> $ ln -s some_flashy_icon.png web_browser.png
> $ ls -hAl
> some_flashy_icon.png
> web_browser.png -> some_flashy_icon.png
>
>
Right... so he installs a more complete icon set that has icons for Word
Processor (or whatever it was that is not represented in Nuvola), and
then links to it.
Even though that icon would be used anyway because Nuvola doesn't have
an icon for that category/application....
Redundant much??
Or maybe you're suggesting he should laboriously find out which
applications and categories his system uses that are not in the Nuvola
set, then install individual icons and link them to... oh wait, he'd
have to individually create .desktop files for each application or add
them to the theme.
Nope, I don't think that method will work either.
Why reinvent the wheel? His system already uses the GNOME icon set when
his chosen one misses the icon, just replace GNOME default with
something less fugly as the fallback then ensure Nuvola is the default.
1, 2, done. No need to make links from fugly icons to icons that have to
be found and installed.
Kind regards.
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