Geez, they're very nice. Cheers.!

But there may be a problem with the license, as we are under GPL 2.
and here it states
https://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
> Despite our best efforts, the FSF has never considered the Apache License to 
> be compatible with GPL version 2, citing the patent termination and 
> indemnification

I can probably include them as a patch... but maybe more work needs to
be done u.e. the engine add-move and add-all-variations icons. (The
engine window shares the V+ button from the main buttonbar).
Re the alternative add-var icon. Hmmm... unsure about which is better.

Regards, Steven

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 4:35 AM Aditya Chincholi
<adityachinch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Steve and other devs,
>
>
>
> I finally got around to do something about the icons. I didn’t have the setup 
> for compiling it before. Instead of designing my own icons, I have taken 
> icons from Google’s Material Design Icons (released under Apache 2.0 
> license). They seem to working well. There are a few edges to polish, but it 
> looks good. I am attaching the main.tcl and board.tcl files below. Try it out 
> and let me know if you are fine with it. I have a few alternate icons in mind 
> too. We could replace the ‘+’ icon by a split icon as well (also attached).
>
> Also does using the Apache 2.0 License sit well with the license SCID vs PC 
> is under?
>
>
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Aditya Chincholi
>
>
>
> From: Steve A
> Sent: 19 August 2020 15:18
> To: Aditya Chincholi
> Subject: Re: [Scidvspc-users] A New Set of Icons
>
>
>
> Yeah.. they looked ok until i plugged them on.
>
> Hard to make icons without the ability to test them yourself.
>
> I'm not sure if i'll be able to test anymore. Its a tough job making
>
> nice icons.
>
> (Though obviously our existing icons arent great either).
>
> PS - i didnt convert them 32x32 from the svg, but resized the gifs
>
> using imagemagick,
>
> so maybe theyd be better converted from svg directly.
>
> And you are also missing the second trial button (It is different once 
> pressed),
>
> and also the initial auto play icon (it is different once pressed too).
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 7:17 PM Aditya Chincholi
>
> <adityachinch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
>
> > Thanks for trying them out. I can see why you are not very impressed. I'll 
> > try to fix those issues. As far as I can see, the issues are as follows:
>
> >
>
> > The flip board icon is absent. The other 'window' icons are also absent.
>
> > The colour scheme isn't very nice. Some diversity in those is needed to be 
> > able to distinguish options easily.
>
> > Some of the icons look faded.
>
> > The autoplay icon and trial mode icon details aren't actually visible. So 
> > that should be reworked.
>
> > The images should be 32x32 not 64x64.
>
> >
>
> > I'll try to get back to you after trying to solve these issues. If you have 
> > anything more you see missing in this list, please feel free to add. Thanks 
> > for the prompt response!
>
> >
>
> > Yours sincerely
>
> > Aditya Chincholi
>
> >
>
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 12:55 PM Steve A <stevena...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >> Ok... I gave them a go, (attached), but sorry - not super impressed :(
>
> >> Also, there are quite a few missing and the gifs must be 32x32, not 64.
>
> >> Thanks anyway, Steven
>
> >>
>
> >> On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 4:48 AM Aditya Chincholi
>
> >> <adityachinch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >
>
> >> > Hey Scid vs PC Devs!
>
> >> >
>
> >> > The icons used in the bar above the main board seemed pretty old and out 
> >> > of resolution. So I made a few icons to replace them. Since there 
> >> > doesn't seem to be any direct way to do this. I have attached them with 
> >> > this email. Since I read somewhere while changing the piece icons that 
> >> > Tk works best with GIFs, I have converted them to 64x64 GIF icons as 
> >> > well.
>
> >> >
>
> >> > Link to get them: https://github.com/adch99/scidvspc-icons
>
> >> >
>
> >> > I don't really know how to use SVN or how to integrate these into a Tk 
> >> > application. So could you please integrate them into the application? 
> >> > They are licensed under GPL2.
>
> >> >
>
> >> > If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
>
> >> >
>
> >> > Yours sincerely
>
> >> > Aditya Chincholi
>
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>
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>
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>
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