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Re: Suggesting a solution for the ever last icon size ugliness in Kicad for Linux

 

Thanks a lot guys !!
I'll investigate this debian thing so that everybody can be placed with
cool icons !
Cheers
Fabrizio
On Oct 28, 2012 2:12 PM, "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
>

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