From: joncruz Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 07:40:07 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Reverted README X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd033e737f045c5201032efa676a4d7a5e9d4a24;p=inkscape.git Reverted README --- diff --git a/share/icons/README b/share/icons/README index 31041431f..530dc3bef 100644 --- a/share/icons/README +++ b/share/icons/README @@ -1,54 +1,10 @@ -======================== -= INKSCAPE ICON THEMES = -======================== - -Starting with 0.47, Inkscape supports icon theming using the XDG Icon Theme -Specification [1]. It is implemented according to the Themable App Specific -Icons document [2]. Everything that's needed to replace Inkscape's icons -is to put appropriately named icons in your desktop environment's icon theme. -A list of the names is available at [3]. - -The monolithic icons.svg file is deprecated and should not be used to add new -icons. Support for it will probably be removed in the next release (0.48). - -== User notes == - -To get back the old icons on Linux, copy the share/icons/hicolor directory -from the source tree to ~/.config/Inkscape/icons, and remove the index.theme -file. - -To use the Tango icons on Windows, go to INKDIR/share/icons, where INKDIR is -Inkscape's installation directory. Rename "hicolor" to "old", and then rename -"tango" to "hicolor". - -== Developer notes == - -The enabling bit of theming on Windows, which isn't mentioned in GTK docs, -is the index.theme file. Without it, gtk_icon_theme_load_icon fails with the -GTK_ICON_THEME_ERROR_FAILED error. - -Note that what dir the icon is in (actions, status, places) under the size -directory doesn't matter at all when icons are looked up; the lookup function -looks in all directories. - -== How to add an icon == +Jan 18, 2008 +ticotico.jpg is (C)2008 Dario Sanches licensed under Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 -To add a new icon, you have to do the following: -1. Draw the icon on a 48x48px canvas; for new icons, try to follow the Tango - guidelines [4]. -2. Name the icon according to the icon naming guidelines outlines in the - theme specification and using existing icons as a reference. -2. Place it in the appropriate directory under scalable in both hicolor - and tango. Choose the best suitable context ("places" for dialogs, - "actions" for actions, and "status" for status indicators and toggles). -3. Run the script render-icons.sh and then update-makefiles.sh in both - directories. +Wed Jan 19, 2005 -References: -[1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html -[2] http://live.gnome.org/ThemableAppSpecificIcons -[3] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Themable_icons -[4] http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines +All XPM and PNG icons have been replaced by SVG icons in icons.svg -Jan 18, 2008 -ticotico.jpg is (C) 2008 Dario Sanches, licensed under Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 +The only graphics that will be kept as XPMs will be the cursor +icons. (REJON: I"m actually in favor of trying to convert these to SVGs +as well.) These files are located in src/pixmaps.