[Tango-artists] Where to install application specific icons

Rodney Dawes dobey at wayofthemonkey.com
Mon Jun 18 18:18:29 PDT 2007


On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 23:38 +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote:
> 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

Not exactly.

It should be $(pkgdatadir)/icons/$(theme)/$(size)/$(context)

-- dobey




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