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seastar
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 Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: *Might be in the wrong place.. How to pack icons?? |
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Hi,
I might, as the title says ... be in the wrong place here..
Basically, I like dabbling with graphics and wanted to make some icons or icon themes for use in Xandros. Simply "changing" an icon on a program isn't what I want to do - because I want my icons to provide feedback (i.e. bounce) as native ones do now.
I've had a look around various sites, even kde-look and kde dev but didnt find what I was looking for.
I need to know/learn more than "where" the icon stores are - I need to learn what makes them interact with the system/desktop etc
Obviously, the icons I have made now are already on my pc so I don't need to package them for download - however, using the Linux philosophy - I'd eventually like to share them around (once tried and tested of course!!)
Can anyone point me in the right direction or suggest website to learn from? 
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Monster_user
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One thing that should work.
Download the Noia icon theme from www.kde-look.org, and then open it in the file manager. Or the Nuvola, or Umicons themes...
That should allow you to see how things interact.
You should start by creating a flder with the name of the theme. Then put in the folder a text file called "index.desktop", using the following code.
| Code: | [KDE Icon Theme]
Name=<Name>
Comment=<Info>
Directories=<Directories> |
The folder should have a few subfolders.
First the size of the icons, the following are recommended.
Scalable
16x16
32x32
Then each folder should have a subfolder for each type of icon.
actions
apps
devices
filesystems
mimetypes
The icons should just be seperated into each folder.
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seastar
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Fab
Fantastic
Great
Superb
Brilliant!!!
Thank you !!
Now I have a 'proper' bouncing icon on my desktop that I made 
Thank you for your help 
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