Desktop Icon Theme Unification

Rodney Dawes dobey at ximian.com
Sun May 30 03:03:30 EEST 2004


On Sht , 2004-05-22 at 17:03 +0200, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 10:05 -0400, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> > Have you seen the list of icons I have started working on? It shouldn't
> > be similar to the Icon Theme Spec, the icon naming standard should just
> > be a subset of it.
> 
> First, sorry for the late reply, I've been gone for most of a week!
> I'm afraid I have not seen that list, and having just recently
> subscribed I can only get to that mail through the archives, which says
> that part of the message was filtered out... Do you mind sending it to
> me?

Sure. You'll find it attached.

> > Which example for standard names are you referring to? I looked at the
> > names xml in your CVS and only saw some KDE/Gnome icon names, and none
> > that were marked "standard" or similar.
> 
> The 'standard' would be the names in the 'name' attribute of <icon> or
> <directory> tags, and all <path> elements would specify alternate
> programs like gtk, gnome, kde, xffm, etc...

OK. I'll take another look then. I want to get some agreement on
standard names so I can start moving gnome-icon-theme to that standard.
At that point, I want to do something like you have done here, so that
we can install symlinks for the icons to work in at least both KDE and
GNOME at the same time.

> > The "Icon Theme Spec" project, or the "svg-icons" project? There's no
> > real need for a new list to discuss the issues with the Icon Theme
> > naming schemes. There just needs to be list activity. I responded to a
> > mail about standardizing icon names on April 30, with an attachment that
> > contained about 300 icon names that could be standardized on. I've yet
> > to see a reply to that list of icons.
> 
> I just thought it might be better not to clog the main list, but if you
> think otherwise, that's fine by me :) I'd also love to see that mail, if
> possible, and help out if I can.

Hrmm. I just looked on the archives page to find it, and it looks like
the archiver didn't deal well with the message being gpg-signed. :-/
I'll forward you a copy to read.

> > The real main issue with the current Icon Theme Spec is that it is
> > geared entirely toward theming application icons in menus and such,
> > rather than actually theming all of the icons that we theme. I also
> > have some changes to the Icon Theme Spec to help with this, that I
> > need to clean up and re-submit, as well as patches to the icon theme
> > implementations in gtk+ and control-center for Gnome.
> 
> I don't really follow, but it sounds interesting.

The Icon Theme Spec was basically designed for theming the icons in the
"Programs" or "Applications" menus, and not so much really for theming
everything else. Or at least, this is what I got out of it when I read
it through.

-- dobey

-------------- next part --------------
<size>/
    actions/
        appointment-new
        appointment-new-all-day
        appointment-new-meeting
        contact-new
        contacts-new
        contacts-new-remote
        document-close
        document-close-all
        document-new
        document-new-drawing
        document-new-labels
        document-new-presentation
        document-new-spreadsheet
        document-new-template
        document-new-text
        document-new-web-page
        document-open
        document-open-recent
        document-page-setup
        document-print
        document-print-preview
        document-print-setup
        document-properties
        document-revert
        document-save
        document-save-all
        document-save-as
        document-save-as-template
        edit-copy
        edit-cut
        edit-delete
        edit-find
        edit-find-next
        edit-find-previous
        edit-find-replace
        edit-find-replace-all
        edit-paste
        edit-redo
        edit-select-all
        edit-select-column
        edit-select-none
        edit-select-row
        edit-select-table
        edit-select-thread
        edit-undo
        format-indent-less
        format-indent-more
        format-justify-center
        format-justify-fill
        format-justify-left
        format-justify-right
        format-text-direction-ltr
	format-text-direction-rtl
        format-text-direction-ttb
        format-text-bold
        format-text-italic
        format-text-underline
        format-text-underline-double
        format-text-strikethrough
        go-back
        go-bottom
        go-down
        go-first
        go-home
        go-jump
        go-last
        go-next
        go-to-line
        go-top
        go-up
        help-about
        help-contents
        help-faq
        insert-image
        insert-link-internal
        insert-link-internet
        mail-check-new
        mail-forward-attachment
        mail-forward-inline
        mail-forward-quoted
        mail-forward-redirect
        mail-mark-important
        mail-mark-junk
        mail-mark-notjunk
        mail-mark-read
        mail-mark-unred
        mail-compose
        mail-compose-template
        mail-reply-all
        mail-reply-list
        mail-reply-sender
        mail-save-as-template
        mail-send-outgoing
        mail-send-receive
        media-playback-pause
        media-playback-start
        media-playback-stop
        media-playlist-shuffle
        media-seek-backward
        media-seek-forward
        media-skip-backward
        meida-skip-forward
        system-lock-screen
        system-log-out
        system-run
        system-search
        system-search-internet
        tools-selection-circle
        tools-selection-rectangle
        tools-paint-brush
        tools-paint-bucket
        tools-paint-pen
        utilities-check-spelling
        utilities-count-words
        view-fullscreen
        view-source
        wallpaper-center
        wallpaper-fill
        wallpaper-scale
        wallpaper-tile
        zoom-in
        zoom-out
        zoom-page
        zoom-page-width
    alerts/
        appointment-on
        appointment-off
        battery-caution-on
        battery-caution-off
        battery-low-on
        battery-low-off
        call-voice-new-on
        call-voice-new-off
        call-video-new-on
        call-video-new-off
        message-mail-new-on
        message-mail-new-off
        message-text-new-on
        message-text-new-off
        message-voice-new-on
        message-voice-new-off
        network-error-on
        network-error-off
        printer-error-on
        printer-error-off
        printer-printing-on
        printer-printing-off
        software-update-on
        software-update-off
        software-update-urgent-on
        software-update-urgent-off
        sync-error-on
        sync-error-off
        task-due-on
        task-due-off
        task-passed-due-on
        task-passed-due-off
        weather-severe-on
        weather-severe-off
    apps/
        accessories-calculator
        accessories-contacts
        accessories-diary-reader
        accessories-text-editor
        games-billiards-eight-ball
        games-billiards-nine-ball
        games-curse-of-monkey-island
        games-diablo
        games-diablo2
        games-doom
        games-doom2
        games-frozen-bubble
        games-halflife
        games-halflife-counter-strike
        games-heretic
        games-heretic2
        games-hexen
	games-monkey-bubble
        games-neverwinter-nights
        games-quake
        games-quake2
        games-quake3-arena
        games-starcraft
        games-tuxracer
        games-warcraft
        games-warcraft2
        games-zork
        help-browser
        internet-group-chat
        internet-instant-messenger
        internet-mail
        internet-transfer-manager
        internet-web-browser
        multimedia-player-audio
        multimedia-player-video
        multimedia-volume-control
        office-calendar
        office-presentation
        office-spreadsheet
        office-word-processor
        office-xml-editor
        preferences-desktop-appearance
        preferences-desktop-keyboard
        preferences-desktop-multimedia
        preferences-desktop-wallpaper
        system-file-manager
        utilities-terminal
        utilities-terminal-remote
    categories/
        applications-accessories
        applications-games
        applications-graphics
        applications-internet
        applications-multimedia
        applications-office
        applications-other
        applications-system
        applications-utilities
        mime-application
        mime-audio
        mime-image
        mime-text
        mime-video
        mime-x-directory
        mime-x-font
        preferences-desktop
        preferences-desktop-accessibility
        preferences-desktop-documents
        preferences-desktop-hidden
        preferences-desktop-network
        preferences-desktop-peripherals
        preferences-desktop-personal
        system-actions
        system-help
    devices/
        audio-card
        audio-microphone
        audio-usb-playback
        audio-usb-record
        camera-video-parallel
        camera-video-serial
        camera-video-usb
        camera-video-ieee1394
        disk-cdrom
        disk-cdrom-audio
        disk-cdrom-dvd
        disk-zip
        drive-cdrom
        drive-cdrom-dvd
        drive-harddisk
        drive-jaz
        drive-zip
        input-gaming
        input-gaming-parallel
        input-gaming-serial
        input-gaming-usb
        input-keyboard
        input-keyboard-bluetooth
        input-keyboard-radio
        input-keyboard-usb
        input-mouse
        input-mouse-bluetooth
        input-mouse-radio
        input-mouse-usb
        network-loopback
        network-pcmcia
        network-pcmcia-wireless
        network-usb
        network-usb-wireless
        network-wireless
        port-bluetooth
        port-bluetooth-compact-flash
        port-bluetooth-pcmcia
        port-bluetooth-usb
        port-parallel
        port-parallel-usb
        port-serial
        port-serial-modem
        port-serial-usb
        port-usb
        printer-local
        printer-remote
        usb-hub
        video-card
        video-display
    emblems/
        emblem-default
        emblem-documents
        emblem-downloads
        emblem-favorites
        emblem-important
        emblem-infrared
        emblem-mail
        emblem-photos
        emblem-readonly
        emblem-shared
        emblem-symbolic-link
        emblem-synchronized
        emblem-system
        emblem-unreadable
    mimetypes/
        application-msword
        application-pdf
        application-postscript
        application-rtf
        application-vnd-lotus-1-2-3
        application-vnd-ms-excel
        application-vnd-ms-powerpoint
        application-vnd-stardivision-math
        application-x-abiword
        application-x-dia-diagram
        application-x-dtd
        application-x-gnumeric
        application-x-shockwave-flash
        audio-ac3
        audio-basic
        audio-x-aiff
        audio-x-mpeg
        audio-x-mpegurl
        audio-x-ulaw
        image-bmp
        image-gif
        image-ief
        image-jpeg
        image-png
        image-svg
        image-tiff
        image-x-bmp
        image-x-ico
        image-x-pcx
        image-x-wmf
        text-calendar
        text-css
        text-html
        text-plain
        text-sgml
        text-x-authors
        text-x-dsl
        text-x-readme
        text-x-uri-http
        text-x-uri-mailto
        text-x-vcalendar
        text-x-vcard
        text-xml
        video-mpeg
        video-quicktime
        video-x-ms-asf
        video-x-ms-wmv
        video-x-ms-wvx
        video-x-msvideo
        x-directory-normal
        x-directory-normal-hidden
        x-directory-remote
        x-directory-remote-hidden
        x-directory-remote-server
        x-directory-remote-workgroup
        x-directory-trash
        x-directory-trash-full
    smilies/
        face-angel
        face-crying
        face-devil-grin
        face-devil-sad
        face-glasses
        face-grin
        face-happy
        face-hug
        face-kiss
        face-laughing
        face-plain
        face-sad
        face-sunglasses
        face-wink
    status/
        mail-attachment
        mail-unread
        mail-read
        mail-replied
        mail-signed
        mail-signed-verified
        network-offline
        network-online
        sync-idle
        sync-synchronizing-folder
        sync-synchronizing-handheld
        user-away
        user-idle
        user-offline
        user-online
        weather-clear
        weather-clouds
        weather-few-clouds
        weather-fog
        weather-showers
        weather-showers-scattered
        weather-snow
        weather-storm
    stock/
        contacts-contact
        contacts-local
        contacts-remote
        dialog-error
        dialog-info
        dialog-password
        dialog-question
        dialog-warning

undefined/
    images/
        about-evolution
        about-gnome
        about-gnumeric
        splash-login


More information about the xdg mailing list