On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:43:18 +0900 Florian Schaefer <list...@netego.de> wrote:
> On 18.02.2014 18:45, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > [...] > >> That's an excellent point. My Icons theme list is empty. I have, > >> however, the gnome-icon-theme deb package installed. What am I > >> missing for it to show up on the icons theme list? > > > > well i suspect that is your core problem. no working/found/usable > > icon theme. ican't say what gnome-icon-theme deb pkgs does... but i > > have themes listed - i installed some icon theme pkgs, i selected > > one i liked (faenza) and everything is fine. :) > > I agree, that could be at it's heart. So now the question is how to > make E recognize my icon theme. Is there some file in which the > available themes are listed? Or according to which kind of black > magic is that determined? The FreeDestop.Org specification that most Linux distros follow to get this to all work is kinda black magic. I suspect in your efforts to trim down your OS you forgot to dance Gangnam style widershins around the pile of fresh three headed chicken wings. Or something. Maybe add BBQ sauce? I think these are the most relevant mystical tomes - http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.1.html http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html But it probably boils down to - you shaved a bit too much off to save space, and some crucial bit is missing. The problem is identifying that missing bit. It's also entirely possible that until a few weeks ago, when your problems started, there was some sort of bug crawling on the E three headed chicken wings, that just happened to make things work in your stripped down version. Perhaps looking at commits from that time would help. > Just as a try I tried to additionally install the > gnome-brave-icon-theme, but after a restart of E still nothing shows > up. So I guess I am missing a mechanism that E is relying on to > compile its list of themes. But which? > > >> And somehow I still do not get the point. I have a .desktop file > >> for my application. In this desktop file an icon is defined. This > >> icon (correct me if I am wrong) does not need to belong to some > >> icon theme as it might be a 3rd party application. So at least if > >> I give a full path there, E should not care about such things as > >> application themes. Or not? Anyway, it appears that somehow my > >> understanding of how application entries, icons for windows > >> and .desktop files work together is slightly out of sync. I am > >> glad for any enlightenment. > > > > if you have a full path there - yes. it should absolutely work > > using the full path. most desktop files for most apps do not give > > full paths,. they give simple names and expect code to hunt icons > > down from an icon theme... :) > > OK, trying to dig a bit into this it seems (at least for the two > cases I tested) that a full path actually works. Just I don't feel > like changing all my .desktop files by hand... Yep, the labyrinthine FDO icon spec does allow "just use this path dammit" to bypass all their nonsense. -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
