6:14 a.m.
Hi all,
Why is it exactly that the various icons in the Linux and Windows
versions are different? Is it possible to use the Windows icons in the
Linux version? I think it could be worthwhile if both used the same
icon set, if doable.
Cheers
Talha
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6:26 a.m.
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Talha Yalta wrote:
Hi all,
Why is it exactly that the various icons in the Linux and Windows
versions are different? Is it possible to use the Windows icons in the
Linux version? I think it could be worthwhile if both used the same
icon set, if doable.
I'm no authority on these things, but I think that there is no such a
thing as a set of Linux icons. The icons gretl uses are the standard ones
in the theme you choose, at least I think this is the way Gnome works. Not
sure about KDE or other graphical environments.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
(formerly known as Università di Ancona)
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti
12:23 p.m.
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Talha Yalta wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Why is it exactly that the various icons in the Linux and Windows
> versions are different? Is it possible to use the Windows icons in the
> Linux version? I think it could be worthwhile if both used the same
> icon set, if doable.
I'm no authority on these things, but I think that there is no such a thing
as a set of Linux icons. The icons gretl uses are the standard ones in the
theme you choose, at least I think this is the way Gnome works. Not sure
about KDE or other graphical environments.
That's right. In fact gretl uses a mix of icon sources:
whenever there's a suitable "GTK stock icon" for a given role,
we use it; if there's nothing suitable in GTK we add our own
icon. And whenever we use a GTK stock icon the actual image
that appears is governed by the GTK theme in force. That can
vary across Linux distros, and is also typically settable by
the user.
Allin
6:56 a.m.
Thanks for the explanations and sorry for taking a bit to respond. So
where are gretl's custom icons located, and where do they come from?
If you want, I can help compile a set of icons for a more consistent
look across systems.
Cheers
Talha
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Talha Yalta wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Why is it exactly that the various icons in the Linux and Windows
>> versions are different? Is it possible to use the Windows icons in the
>> Linux version? I think it could be worthwhile if both used the same
>> icon set, if doable.
>
> I'm no authority on these things, but I think that there is no such a thing
> as a set of Linux icons. The icons gretl uses are the standard ones in the
> theme you choose, at least I think this is the way Gnome works. Not sure
> about KDE or other graphical environments.
That's right. In fact gretl uses a mix of icon sources:
whenever there's a suitable "GTK stock icon" for a given role,
we use it; if there's nothing suitable in GTK we add our own
icon. And whenever we use a GTK stock icon the actual image
that appears is governed by the GTK theme in force. That can
vary across Linux distros, and is also typically settable by
the user.
Allin
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12:23 p.m.
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012, Talha Yalta wrote:
Thanks for the explanations and sorry for taking a bit to respond.
So
where are gretl's custom icons located, and where do they come from?
If you want, I can help compile a set of icons for a more consistent
look across systems.
I don't think so. If we hard-wire our own icons that would
make gretl inconsistent with other GTK programs on the same
platform. The right thing is to let the theme take care of the
icons, along with other aspects of the program's appearance.
Allin
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Allin Cottrell
<cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Talha Yalta wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Why is it exactly that the various icons in the Linux and Windows
>>> versions are different? Is it possible to use the Windows icons in the
>>> Linux version? I think it could be worthwhile if both used the same
>>> icon set, if doable.
>>
>> I'm no authority on these things, but I think that there is no such a thing
>> as a set of Linux icons. The icons gretl uses are the standard ones in the
>> theme you choose, at least I think this is the way Gnome works. Not sure
>> about KDE or other graphical environments.
>
> That's right. In fact gretl uses a mix of icon sources:
> whenever there's a suitable "GTK stock icon" for a given role,
> we use it; if there's nothing suitable in GTK we add our own
> icon. And whenever we use a GTK stock icon the actual image
> that appears is governed by the GTK theme in force. That can
> vary across Linux distros, and is also typically settable by
> the user.
>
> Allin
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