On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:20:34 +0000, Paul Brossier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
