On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 12:11 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Ross Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 11:12 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > >>Can someone explain to me about the new icon sets (themes) in > >>OOo? Settings for these are found in Tools > Options > > >>OpenOffice.org > View, in the User Interface section as "Icon > >>size and style". The Help hasn't been updated to include anything > >>on the icon style choices. > >> > >>What do the following choices mean? > >>-Automatic > >>-Default > >>-HiContrast > >>-Industrial > >>-Crystal > >> > >>I can guess Automatic, Default and HiContrast, and I think > >>Crystal has something to do with Mac, but what is Industrial? > >>That one really has me stumped! > > > > > > Industrial is the new icon set for OOo when it's running on the Gnome > > desktop. Gnome runs on Linux and other Unix-alike systems. It has been > > designed by Novell. I don't know if Crystal is Mac, it doesn't look Mac. > > I think it's just an alternative set. > > > > I use Gnome on Linux and Industrial is my 'automatic' icon set. On > > Windows, you would choose it explicitly of course. > > > > This is part of an effort to make OOo look more consistent with other > > applications on a given system. > > Thanks, Ross. That's a useful start, but now I have some more > questions. (I'm trying to figure out how to make a generic > statement about this to put in the Getting Started guide.) > > What is the difference between "Automatic" and "Default"?
Of course, "Automatic" isn't really an icon set like the others are. That selection tells OOo to pick the most appropriate icon set based on which window manager you're using at the time. So far it only affects Gnome and KDE - that is, according to the announcement a day or two ago. If I choose Gnome for my login session on Linux, OOo will pick "Industrial" for me. If I switch to KDE, it will presumably pick a different one (maybe that one is Crystal because I can't imagine Industrial would be visually compatible with KDE). > > What does "Automatic" do on other desktops or OS? For example, > does it set up a KDE-like icon set on a Linux system if the > desktop is KDE, not Gnome? I believe so. I don't know what icon set is chosen for KDE (which are generally more colourful than Gnome icons). Apologies if that's still unclear. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
