Just as a side comment : the logo could also be used on the front page of the manual printed version.
Vincent. ---------------------------------------- > From: m...@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 01:34:10 +0100 > Subject: Re: [AUCTeX] Logo for AUCTeX: request for ideas > To: tkp...@gmail.com > CC: vincent....@hotmail.fr; jsb...@mimuw.edu.pl; auctex@gnu.org > > Hi Tamas, > > 2016-03-01 21:47 GMT+01:00 Tamas Papp <tkp...@gmail.com>: >> Hi, >> >> I have been following this thread with interest, and I recognize that >> people honestly want to help and contribute. However, I am still not >> sure why AUCTeX needs a logo and what purpose it would serve, and I >> think that the lack of well-defined objectives is reflected in the >> design process. >> >> For example, consider a company that wants a logo for a particular >> brand: they want the logo to be associated with that brand, and have a >> reasonably good idea of the group they are targeting and the image they >> want to convey. >> >> In contrast, it is unclear where and how the AUCTeX logo would be used >> (on the website? does that warrant a logo? where else?), who the target >> audience is (existing users? potential new users?), and the message we >> want to convey (AUCTeX is ... fun? a reliable and convenient piece of >> software? etc) >> >> The discussion might still result in a nice logo, but if in the end it >> doesn't, I don't think that there is any harm in not coming up with a >> logo now and postponing the issue until there is a more clearly defined >> need. > > Thanks for your comments. Just to make it clear, I agree with you, we > don't need the logo at any cost. If you don't find anything with a > minimal consensus, it's fine with me to stop. > > That said, there was the chance to have a designer for the logo and I > thought that we don't have the logo and this could be an occasion to > involve the community in something not code related, so that more > people than usual can participate. The logo would be used on the web > page and probably nowhere else. There are already other Emacs' > packages with a logo, I knew of org mode [1], but after a quick search > I found that ESS [2] and Gnus [3] have a logo as well. Probably also > CEDET has a logo [4], at least the name of the banner file at the top > of the page suggests so. > > Bye, > Mosè > > > Note: > [1] http://orgmode.org/ > [2] http://ess.r-project.org/ > [3] http://www.gnus.org/ > [4] http://cedet.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ auctex mailing list auctex@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex