On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Len Ovens <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, July 24, 2012 11:29 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 22:56 +0530, Shubham Mishra wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Len Ovens wrote > >> >Can I do this from the command line? How? > >> [snip] > >> Exporting though can be easily done using the GUI with File>Export > >> Bitmap > > > > I guess Len wish to be able to scale by scripts etc.. > > There are actually some things that do not import svg images directly. TK > is one of them. I am finding there are also xdg tools ment for installing > icon themes etc that don't deal with svgs either. > > Anyway, I use tk/tcl quite a bit for quick gui utilities. I have made > scripts that read the *.desktop file and use the icon as a button to start > that app. It doesn't work if the icon is an SVG.. So I now know how to > save an svg to a temp png file so I can import it for display. > > -- > Len Ovens > www.OvenWerks.net > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > i'm not going to try to clip everyone's comments so i will just add my comments on the last current comment. thank you len for giving this oversight and making a list of required icons. that has given this a much better chance of success because of these efforts. i want to point out a few things to help share the information. i'm sure micah or emmet can correct me where i misspeak ;) * a .svg file can be smaller than a .bmp (this obviously reducing size requirements) * i believe .png files can be created during package installation (using the rules file?) * a single .png file can create multiple .png files during installation (greatly reducing size requirements) therefore, i believe we should strive to create a single .svg for each type (or category, not size) of required icon. micah and i have previously discussed converting .svg to .png for various icons already. i have those bugs linked and will review them soon. scottl p.s. hi emmet! it has been a long time since i have talked to you.
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