[Tango-artists] Where to install application specific icons

[Jakub Steiner]

On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 16:03 +0200, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a rule where to store application specific icons. I read in
> the icon spec that the application icon should always be installed in
> /usr/share/icons/hicolor/{icon_size}/apps.
> 
> For application specific icons I saw two different approaches in gnome
> power manager and rhythmbox
> 
> In gnome-power-manager for example the icons indicating the charge of
> the battery are all installed in
> /usr/share/icons/hicolor/{icon_size}/apps
> 
> In Rhytmbox icons indicating new radio stations, playlists etc. are
> installed in /usr/share/rhythmbox/hicolor/{icon_size}/{apps|status|actions}
> 
> Is their a recommended approach?

Hi Jaap,
Rythmbox does the right thing. See
http://live.gnome.org/ThemableAppSpecificIcons

cheers

-- 
Jakub Steiner <jimmac at novell.com>
Novell, Inc.