Hi Aliaksei,

> On Feb 3, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Aliaksei Syrel <alex.sy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Since Pharo uses sdl2 (or should use)
> https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_SetWindowIcon

Hang on.  Changing a window's icon is not at all the same as changing the VM's 
icon.  Which are we talking about here?  I thought we were talking about 
changing the VM icon.

> 
> Alex
> 
>> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 at 13:27, philippe.b...@highoctane.be 
>> <philippe.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, Windows is still Windows at the core.
>> 
>> Even some Windows 2.0 books can provide insights into its working principles 
>> that are hard to find these days.
>> 
>> Anyway, I remember that there is a way to change the icon at runtime but not 
>> when listing the exe. Hence Resource editor.
>> 
>> Phil
>> 
>>> On Feb 2, 2018 21:17, "Stephane Ducasse" <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes I did that when I was at University. So clearly dated.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 8:40 PM, p...@highoctane.be <p...@highoctane.be> 
>>> wrote:
>>> > For Windows one can change it using a resource editor.
>>> >
>>> > http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
>>> >
>>> > Phil
>>> >
>>> > On Feb 2, 2018 20:33, "Stephane Ducasse" <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Would it be possible to change the icon without having to compile a new
>>> >> VM?
>>> >> To me the current setup looks so monolithic and dated.
>>> >> I would expect that somebody can deploy a application with its own
>>> >> logo by just providing some new resources.
>>> >>
>>> >> Stef
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.mira...@gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi Vincent,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:07 PM, <vincent.blond...@lamresearch.com>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Hi,
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I would like to know how to change the main Pharo window icon. I saw
>>> >> >> that
>>> >> >> there is a primitive for the title:
>>> >> >> DisplayScreen class  >> primitiveWindowTitle:string: ; primitive:
>>> >> >> 'primitiveHostWindowTitle' module:'HostWindowPlugin'
>>> >> >> but I cannot find one for the icon.
>>> >> >> Should another primitive need to be implemented?
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The icon is baked into the VM executable.  So to change it one has to
>>> >> > build
>>> >> > a VM with a different icon.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Windows it is in
>>> >> >     {build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.ico
>>> >> > and the file that specifies to use Pharo.ico is
>>> >> >     {build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.rc
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Mac OS X it is in
>>> >> >     platforms/iOS/vm/OSX/Pharo.icns
>>> >> > (alongside three others such as PharoImage.icns)
>>> >> > and the file that specifies to use Pharo.icns is
>>> >> >     {build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Makefile
>>> >> > in setting the VM variable.  The file that associates the other icons
>>> >> > with
>>> >> > specific file types is
>>> >> >     platforms/iOS//vm/OSX/Pharo-Info.plist
>>> >> >
>>> >> > If you're changing the Pharo icon let me suggest you update the icon
>>> >> > files
>>> >> > themselves in the opensmalltalk-vm source tree.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > If you're creating a new variant of the VM for some new purpose (say a
>>> >> > special Lam VM) then let me suggest you add the icons to the
>>> >> > opensmalltalk-vm source tree, creating special build directories for
>>> >> > these
>>> >> > VMs, such as {build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/lam.pharo.cog.spur/
>>> >> >
>>> >> > If you want to do this privately, then take either of the approaches
>>> >> > above
>>> >> > and simply don't publish the edits.  You can write a script that takes
>>> >> > an
>>> >> > updated checked-out opensmalltalk-vm source tree and edits it with 
>>> >> > files
>>> >> > from a specific repository.  I have such scripts and can help you with
>>> >> > them.
>>> >> > Hint, pax is a very convenient directory hierarchy copying tool
>>> >> > available at
>>> >> > least on Mac OS X.  pax -rwlk will copy the trees under a sequence of
>>> >> > directories into their corresponding places in a target tree.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Thanks!
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Vincent
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > _,,,^..^,,,_
>>> >> > best, Eliot
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Alex

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