Re: icons of floating widgets in gui

[Torsten]

On 05.12.2012 08:39, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 12/04/2012 03:38 PM, Torsten wrote:
>> On 26.11.2012 22:36, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>>> On 11/26/2012 03:10 PM, Torsten wrote:
>>>> On 26.11.2012 10:26, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>> However, black might not work if someone picks a theme for which the
>>>>> background is black (e.g., handheld device with OLED screen).  So,
>>>>> I was
>>>>> going to create a set of icons with cut and paste of the letters onto
>>>>> another layer in GIMP, then on a mid layer put a white box with black
>>>>> border, i.e.,
>>>>>
>>>>> Layer 1: Octave logo with transparencies
>>>>> Layer 2: White box with border
>>>>> Layer 3: Black letter
>>>>>
>>>>> then flatten the layers into a PNG image.  Haven't gotten that far
>>>>> yet.
>>>>>    I suspect they will look similar to the other set of icons, but
>>>>> with a
>>>>> letter description rather than a graphical depiction.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>> Good idea to make a background for the letters. What about filling the
>>>> circle for that purpose?
>>>>
>>>> Torsten
>>>
>>> Not bad.  Preserves the logo that way.  I put the icon on a black
>>> background and it still looks fairly good.  (There's a little leaking
>>> right around the inner edge, but that's a minor fix.)
>>>
>>> Dan
>>
>> Attached a new set of icons following the last 'design' but no more
>> leaking and reduced contrast between background and letters.
>>
>> Torsten
> 
> Looks great.
> 
> So that's two good sets of icons to choose from.  I suppose the best way
> of making a choice is for the maintainers to try out the two options.  A
> good way of doing this, I propose, is to put an option in the GUI/IDE
> for "UI Icons", one of symbols|letters|none.  (Changing icons after the
> program is launched is possible, correct?)  We can eventually decide on
> a set of icons, or just leave the option in if people prefer that.
> 
> Dan

Good idea! Implemented with changeset
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/b081fbe80174

Torsten