Multiple DeskTops, HiColor theme, standardized icon names, & menu icons

Kenneth Wimer kwwii at bootsplash.org
Thu Jun 29 01:49:54 EEST 2006


On Jun 29, 2006, at 12:44 AM, Rodney Dawes wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 00:26 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
>> If they are privately themed icons (your words) why should it matter
>> where they put them?
>
> They are privately installed themable icons. If they are private,  
> and it
> doesn't matter, then they aren't themed.
>
>> Perhaps they are private for a reason?
>
> They are installed to a private location, because applications
> installing icons to hicolor, which other applications may also use,  
> and
> thus conflict with, is very bad.
>
>
> This is quite blatently described in the full content of the  
> thread. I'd
> suggest reading it. It's a good read for the most part.

Actually I was responding to James, not you...but thanks for the  
sarcastic answer all the same :-)

Bye,
Ken



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