Re: Multiple styles in icon themes and the future of the XDG icon specs

2019-11-21 Thread Simon Lees
On 11/21/19 10:28 PM, Noah Davis wrote: > On 2019-11-20 01:04:29 EST, Simon Lees wrote: >> I think the simplest way to do this is to focus more on implementing it >> in the toolkits rather then by drastic changes to the desktop spec. >> Possibly the best way forward could be to teach toolkits to

Re: Multiple styles in icon themes and the future of the XDG icon specs

2019-11-21 Thread Noah Davis
On 2019-11-20 01:04:29 EST, Simon Lees wrote: > I think the simplest way to do this is to focus more on implementing it > in the toolkits rather then by drastic changes to the desktop spec. > Possibly the best way forward could be to teach toolkits to use two > themes, the standard theme and the "

Re: Multiple styles in icon themes and the future of the XDG icon specs

2019-11-19 Thread Simon Lees
On 11/20/19 4:33 AM, Noah Davis wrote: > On 2019-11-19 09:32:21 EST, Bollinger, John C > wrote: >> What you're describing could be characterized as using different _themes_ >> for different parts of a GUI, and indeed, it may be that structuring your >> design around that idea would provide a

Re: Multiple styles in icon themes and the future of the XDG icon specs

2019-11-19 Thread Noah Davis
On 2019-11-19 09:32:21 EST, Bollinger, John C wrote: > What you're describing could be characterized as using different _themes_ for > different parts of a GUI, and indeed, it may be that structuring your design > around that idea would provide a way forward that benefits from reasonably > good

RE: Multiple styles in icon themes and the future of the XDG icon specs

2019-11-19 Thread Bollinger, John C
adding a new layer of indirection. John Bollinger -Original Message- From: xdg [mailto:xdg-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Noah Davis Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 10:01 PM To: xdg Subject: Multiple styles in icon themes and the future of the XDG icon specs Caution: External Send

Multiple styles in icon themes and the future of the XDG icon specs

2019-11-18 Thread Noah Davis
Hello, I work on KDE's Breeze icons. The Breeze icon theme currently has an issue where we (KDE's designers) want to use different styles for different parts of a GUI, but what we want to do cannot be done without breaking compatibility with XDG icon specs. That, or creating a ton of icons with