Thanks for the awesome response. Your reasoning is sound, thanks for taking the
time to explain the deal. I'll surely reach out to Bram, but your suggestion of
adding a how-to on the MacVim wiki is a good idea.
Drew
On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:39 AM, björn wrote:
> On 2 December 2011 02:00, Drew Yeaton wrote:
>> Thanks for pointing out this conversation.
>>
>> I understand the reticence with regards to changing something that's hasn't
>> changed in a long time (eg. the vim icon). However, I think pushing forward
>> on this is a worthy cause—if nothing more that to attempt to move MacVim
>> forward as a product. However, It is slightly discouraging to see the
>> conversation about this shut down so abruptly with little reason.
>
> I think it is great that you decided to design your own icon, and a
> lot of people seem to appreciate it. Wonderful! (I mean it, I'm not
> being facetious)
>
> ...but, unfortunately I still stand by my earlier posts: I do not want
> to change the icon to something that does not closely resemble the
> official Vim icon that is displayed on www.vim.org ("the green diamond
> with a V").
>
> I have made a serious effort to make MacVim not deviate from Vim on
> other platforms. This really is supposed to be Vim on the Mac and not
> a fork of Vim, or a Vim clone. To me the icon is a good indication
> that MacVim is Vim. A lot of Vim users feel _very_ strongly about
> keeping things uniform across platforms and as soon as I change one
> little thing they tend to speak up. This is perhaps my strongest
> reason for not wanting to change the icon.
>
> That being said: I'm not a fan of the "diamond and V" design myself
> and I have been vocal about this in the past. However, I've put my
> own wishes to the side on this issue so saying "no" to new icons is
> not something I am particularly happy about. My rather abrupt
> statement in the thread that was linked to by Caleb was an attempt for
> people to stop asking me about this, but I guess that was not the best
> way to deal with it. (There is at least one older thread were this
> has been discussed as well.)
>
> Anyway, the right person to approach regarding a redesign for the Vim
> icon is Bram Moolenaar (the author of Vim). I for one would be happy
> if you could convince him that it is about time for the Vim icon to
> receive a facelift.
>
> In the meantime, the best idea would be to publish step-by-step
> instructions on how to get your redesigned icon and replace the
> default icon. You are welcome to add a page to the MacVim wiki [1].
>
> Björn
>
> [1] https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki
>
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