Pat Suwalski wrote: > I normally do not use Windows, but for some recent work, I needed that > environment. I was surprised that the Vim Windows icon looks quite > dated, so I took a few minutes to make a new one. > > "vimicon.png" shows the before and after. In modern Windows, the old > 32x32 4-bit icon was being stretched to 48x48, and looking a bit rough > in the process. > > The new icon (vim4.ico) can be dropped into the source at src/vim.ico. > > It has the following resources: > - 16x16 4bpp (from the original) > - 32x32 4bpp (from the original) > - 16x16 8bpp (from the Mac resource) > - 32x32 8bpp (from the Mac resource) > - 128x128 32bpp (from the Mac resource) > - 48x48 32bpp (resampled from the 128) > - 32x32 32bpp (resampled from the 128) > - 16x16 32bpp (recoloured from 4bpp version) > > This icon looks much better in modern Windows, and simply reuses > artwork already available for the Mac build. The last icon is > derivative work by me, using the outlines of the original 16x16 icon > and coloured to the 32bpp icon. > > Is there any chance of making it into the official build?
Thanks for making this. I would like to hear feedback whether this looks good on various Windows versions. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 232. You start conversations with, "Have you gotten an ISDN line?" /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
