Thanks Jerry! :-) On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Jerry Jacobs < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > 2011/9/15 jp.charras <[email protected]> > > Le 15/09/2011 11:07, fabrizio a écrit : >> >>> jean-pierre, >>> ok, now worries, I guess I just did not upload them. well in >>> attachment you can find the folder "icons" that I think should replace >>> the current content of the "bitmaps_png/icons" folder. Inside there >>> are all main .ico files for kicad as well as .icns files for user who >>> what to build it for OS X. >>> >>> It would be great if OSX people could use these icons instead of the >>> ones spread here and there. >>> >>> Also, I think the current version of Linux does not seem to use high >>> resolution icons >>> >>> Let me know if in somehow do not meet your needs. >>> >>> cheers >>> Fabrizio >>> >>> >> I saw new .ico files (in icons.zip) are in 256x256 pixels. >> >> I don't know if this very large size is useful for OS X, but Windows needs >> 32x32 pixels format. >> > > In OS X we have a icon format ranging from 16x16 till 1024x1024 pixels, so > this is not really a problem. > > >> 256x256 format gives very large files (350KB instead of 8KB) and are >> always displayed as 16x16 or 32x32 pixels. >> The icon_3d.ico file is useless (the 3D frame cannot be called outside >> CvPcv or Pcbnew). >> Under Windows the .ico files are used only to create a resource file, and >> not inside sources. >> Under linux, .ico files are not used. >> > > Under OS X the .icns files are used and copied inside the .app folders. > > >> Only icon_kicad.xpm or icon_kicad.png are used, and only to create a >> desktop shortcut to Kicad >> >> For desktop shortcuts, formats bigger than 48x48 (or perhaps 64x64) are >> not very usable. >> (You can display only few 256x256 icons on an usual monitor) >> >> So currently I am reluctant to change 32x32 or 48x48 icon files by 256x256 >> icon very large file >> > > I will recreate the .icns files from the svg sources by hand and you > Linux/Windows people don't have to worry about it. If there are things that > don't fit well I or other OS X people will comment on the suggestion(s) or > email(s). > > Kind regards, > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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