Re: Icons

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Corey Burger wrote:

> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 12:26:17 -0700
> From: Corey Burger <corey burger gmail com>
> To: dia-list gnome org
> Subject: Icons
>
> Hello all,
>
> After loading the Gimp, inkscape and dia, I was saddened to see that
> the dia ones are, to be honest, kind of ugly.

That is not a particularly helpful or constructive way of putting it.

There is already bugzilla report [1] addressing this issue, and steps are
being taken to switch to an icon set more in line with the rest of Gnome.
Last I checked there were a few details that needed more work but this is
something I expect will be taken care of before the next release (if it is
not already in CVS).

> My thought was to start a dialog with the gimp and inkscape people to
> stanardise on one set of nice icons, common across the 3 applications.

It is not that simple.  Many of the tools are slightly different and a
direct mapping is not entirely appropriate.

The GIMP developers do make serious efforts to follow standards like the
Freedesktop.org theming standards.
Inkscape needs a lot more work in that area before it has the
infrastructure to fully support icon themes.

> If that doesn't happen, at least lets "acqure" the nice inkscape and
> gimp ones for dia.

Please read the bug report.  I'm glad you are volunteering to help but
like with most things the problem is more complicated than it looks.

- Alan H.

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org