Hi all, I've recently been working on moving Meld from its existing own-directory-only mode for handling pixmaps to use GtkIconTheme. This is pretty much necessary for some gtk+ widgets, which really want to be given named icons. Eventually, it could lead to having themeable application-specific icons (http://live.gnome.org/ThemableAppSpecificIcons) though this is not ready yet.
In order to use themed icons, but retain things like the 'this file is newer' mark and the file colour-coding, I've moved to using cairo to dynamically create tinted icons from the stock theme, and reworked the EmblemCellRenderer to use stock icons in a more emblem-y fashion. The code also hooks up to theme switching, so if you change your icon theme, icons in Meld's tree view, etc. should update on-the-fly. In summary, the current patch includes: * Slightly better sizing support * Usage of theme-derived icons, and support for dynamic theme changes * Port to GtkAboutDialog There is still some clean-up to be done, but I think this is almost ready for merge... *if* people like the result. There is also the issue of portability (does this work on Windows?) and providing fallback icons. Also, the VC icon needs to be redrawn, and a custom emblem for 'newer' might be a good idea. You can find more details, a screenshot, the monolithic version of the patch, and a downloadable tarball for testing here: http://ramshacklecode.googlepages.com/meldiconthemesupport I'll try and get around to putting up split patches for the 'just the icontheme port' and 'compositing onto stock icons' parts eventually. If anyone would like to see this, ping me and I'll get it done faster. Any feedback--including that the compositing stuff is ugly, doesn't work with your theme, or that everything in general is a really bad idea--is welcomed. In particular, I'd love it if anyone running on unusual configurations (including Windows, etc.) would let me know about breakage or lack thereof. Kai _______________________________________________ meld-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/meld-list
