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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Fabrizio,

I've added this to the list of packaging updates on Linux to do.  They
look great.  (One of the items is to figure out how to get the
upstream Debian/Ubuntu packages updated, so hopefully everyone will
see them, not just people who use my PPA!)

Adam Wolf
Wayne and Layne, LLC

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Fabrizio Tappero
<fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Guys,
> I'd like to point out a problem with icon visualisation in Linux.
> Please refer to the attached image "kicad_icon_problem.png". The
> problem appears in both Alt-Tab switch window as well as in the Linux
> navigation bar. In my case you can see the Ubuntu Unity bar.
>
> the problem is due to the fact that we are using 26 px icon images for
> a navigation bar that would comfortably use 128 px images. So:
>
> I have modified the script file:
> bitmaps_png/icons/mk_icn.sh
>
> and run it to generate 128 px icons in ".ico" format. I attach here
> the new folder:
> bitmaps_png/icons
>
> Could somebody please replace the old icons folder with the one in
> attachment. Just in case Windows users need smaller icons (which I am
> no sure it is the case), I have left "icon_kicad_64.png" and
> "icon_kicad_64.xpm".
>
> Also, It would be great if the Ubuntu package guy which I might
> remember being Adam could please make sure that the new icons ".ico"
> are used in place of the old ones.
>
> I of course remain available for the implementation of any suggestion
> on this matter.
>
> Have a great day
>
> Fabrizio