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[Jerry Jacobs <xor.gate.engineering@xxxxxxxxx>]

2011/9/15 jp.charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Le 15/09/2011 11:07, fabrizio a écrit :
>
>> jean-pierre,
>> ok, now worries, I guess I just did not upload them. well in
>> attachment you can find the folder "icons" that I think should replace
>> the current content of the "bitmaps_png/icons" folder. Inside there
>> are all main .ico files for kicad as well as .icns files for user who
>> what to build it for OS X.
>>
>> It would be great if OSX people could use these icons instead of the
>> ones spread here and there.
>>
>> Also, I think the current version of Linux does not seem to use high
>> resolution icons
>>
>> Let me know if in somehow do not meet your needs.
>>
>> cheers
>> Fabrizio
>>
>>
> I saw new .ico files (in icons.zip) are in 256x256 pixels.
>
> I don't know if this very large size is useful for OS X, but Windows needs
> 32x32 pixels format.
>

In OS X we have a icon format ranging from 16x16 till 1024x1024 pixels, so
this is not really a problem.


> 256x256 format gives very large files (350KB instead of 8KB) and are always
> displayed as 16x16 or 32x32 pixels.
> The icon_3d.ico file is useless (the 3D frame cannot be called outside
> CvPcv or Pcbnew).
> Under Windows the .ico files are used only to create a resource file, and
> not inside sources.
> Under linux, .ico files are not used.
>

Under OS X the .icns files are used and copied inside the .app folders.


> Only icon_kicad.xpm or icon_kicad.png are used, and only to create a
> desktop shortcut to Kicad
>
> For desktop shortcuts, formats bigger than 48x48 (or perhaps 64x64) are not
> very usable.
> (You can display only few 256x256 icons on an usual monitor)
>
> So currently I am reluctant to change 32x32 or 48x48 icon files by 256x256
> icon very large file
>

I will recreate the .icns files from the svg sources by hand and you
Linux/Windows people don't have to worry about it. If there are things that
don't fit well I or other OS X people will comment on the suggestion(s) or
email(s).

Kind regards,
Jerry