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Author: JD Smith <93749+jdtsm...@users.noreply.github.com>
Commit: JD Smith <93749+jdtsm...@users.noreply.github.com>
Expand material icon description and mention text-based icons
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that is a mix of a bi
### Icons
-Check the [material icon library](https://materialdesignicons.com) for the SVG
icons you can use. All you need to "use" an icon is its name! Note that on
first use, icons are auto-downloaded by `svg-lib`, so you'll need a network
connection. After that they are cached locally.
+Check the [material icon library](https://materialdesignicons.com) for the
icons you can use, more than 6,500 of them! All you need to "use" an icon is
its name. The easiest approach is to `M-x customize-variable
kind-icon-mapping`, find the kind you are interested in, and change its icon.
Hit the `Preview` button and check the message buffer to confirm it's the icon
you were after, and Apply your changes.
+
+Note that on first use, icons are auto-downloaded by `svg-lib`, so you'll need
a network connection. After that they are cached locally.
+
+### Old School: Text-based prefixes
+
+You can also use simple text-based prefixed instead of icons. A "text" icon
is either one or two characters (anything longer will be dropped). The icons
are quite lightweight so there shouldn't be much performance difference, but
some may prefer a simpler look. Simply set the `kind-icon-use-icons` variable
to `nil` and you are good to go.
