Am 14.10.2012 12:00, schrieb Matthew Brush:
On 12-10-14 01:50 AM, Thomas Martitz wrote:
Am 14.10.2012 09:05, schrieb Lex Trotman:
Hi All,
Geany has in the past specified a fixed image, (the jewel encrusted
teapot), as the icon to use for its top level window.
There has been a request for Geany to follow the icon set by the
theme. This has been committed.
I'm very curious that application icons be themed at all. IMO the icon
belongs to the application and is part of its identity, and not some
theme. This is also why Linux Mint makes me mad because of its icons for
various applications including Geany.
(I always switch the icon theme to a less intrusive one [GNOME-Wise
which resembles the Mint-y look a bit] on a fresh Mint installation).
At least on Linux, this ability to customize things seems to be
prized/praised by many. So much so that "they" got together and
created a standard for toolkits and DEs to follow to make it simple
for the user to do, to globally change the icon theme instead of
digging through app-specific preferences, if provided, to change only
the window title bar icon while other icons provided by the same app
follow the theme properly.
I also praise this ability and I love to change icon themes. But
application icons are an exception. They are, like the name, chosen by
the authors and identify the application (thus part of its identity).
Clearly I don't talk about icons for folders or eject-usbstick buttons
which are completely fine.
Yes, I'm aware that some icon themes even change app-specific icons,
that that goes too far IMO. Others share this view, see [1]. Mozilla's
trademark is another example.
Best regards.
[1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/882336
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