[Geany-Users] Geany Icon

[Lex Trotman]

On 14 October 2012 21:23, Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca> wrote:

> On 12-10-14 03:11 AM, Lex Trotman wrote:
>
>> On 14 October 2012 19:50, Thomas Martitz <
>> thomas.martitz at student.htw-**berlin.de<thomas.martitz at student.htw-berlin.de>>
>> 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).
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, why do theme developers feel that it is a benefit to users to keep
>> changing the application icon in each theme.  The icon is intended to
>> identify the application, changing it removes that identification that the
>> user is used to between the icon and the application and devalues the
>> brand
>> value of the project.  There are many things that can be done but normally
>> should not be done, and this is one of them.
>>
>>
> IMO, it depends. If it's done properly, it can be made to match the other
> icons in the theme and still maintain the "identity" of the application.
> For example if all the icons were in a blue square with rounded corners,
> then it makes sense for Geany's icon to be the yellow lamp with red jewels
> in a blue square with rounded corners to match the theme. It doesn't make
> sense to make it an Arabic word that a huge portion of users won't be able
> to read and otherwise has no "identity" of Geany.
>

Yes, you are right it *can*, but in the case of the Faenza icon it hasn't
been, and there was another one someone had invented for Geany that I
encountered on my recent perusal of other distros and DEs.

>From your previous:

> The DE/GTK mechanism is not complex: if you don't want to override
Geany's icon, don't override it with your own icon[1].
>
> [1] In your case the choice to override the default icon was made by your
distro, but it's still explicitly overriding the default.

Thats the point it is not my icon choice, I am stuck with the whole theme
or nothing unless I start playing with the complexities.

As I said before, I don't care which way the default is set, to use the
theme or to use Geanys icon, so long as there is a simple way of "fixing"
the Geany icon.  Lets see what others say.

Cheers
Lex


> Cheers,
> Matthew Brush
>
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