On 14 October 2012 21:23, Matthew Brush <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12-10-14 03:11 AM, Lex Trotman wrote: > >> On 14 October 2012 19:50, Thomas Martitz < >> [email protected]**berlin.de<[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Am 14.10.2012 09:05, schrieb Lex Trotman: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>>> >>>> Geany has in the past specified a fixed image, (the jewel encrusted >>>> teapot), as the icon to use for its top level window. >>>> >>>> There has been a request for Geany to follow the icon set by the theme. >>>> This has been committed. >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm very curious that application icons be themed at all. IMO the icon >>> belongs to the application and is part of its identity, and not some >>> theme. >>> This is also why Linux Mint makes me mad because of its icons for various >>> applications including Geany. >>> >>> (I always switch the icon theme to a less intrusive one [GNOME-Wise which >>> resembles the Mint-y look a bit] on a fresh Mint installation). >>> >>> >> Yes, why do theme developers feel that it is a benefit to users to keep >> changing the application icon in each theme. The icon is intended to >> identify the application, changing it removes that identification that the >> user is used to between the icon and the application and devalues the >> brand >> value of the project. There are many things that can be done but normally >> should not be done, and this is one of them. >> >> > IMO, it depends. If it's done properly, it can be made to match the other > icons in the theme and still maintain the "identity" of the application. > For example if all the icons were in a blue square with rounded corners, > then it makes sense for Geany's icon to be the yellow lamp with red jewels > in a blue square with rounded corners to match the theme. It doesn't make > sense to make it an Arabic word that a huge portion of users won't be able > to read and otherwise has no "identity" of Geany. > Yes, you are right it *can*, but in the case of the Faenza icon it hasn't been, and there was another one someone had invented for Geany that I encountered on my recent perusal of other distros and DEs. >From your previous: > The DE/GTK mechanism is not complex: if you don't want to override Geany's icon, don't override it with your own icon[1]. > > [1] In your case the choice to override the default icon was made by your distro, but it's still explicitly overriding the default. Thats the point it is not my icon choice, I am stuck with the whole theme or nothing unless I start playing with the complexities. As I said before, I don't care which way the default is set, to use the theme or to use Geanys icon, so long as there is a simple way of "fixing" the Geany icon. Lets see what others say. Cheers Lex > Cheers, > Matthew Brush > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/users<https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users> >
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