From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: choice for the new emacs icon Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:22:07 -0800 Message-ID: <200802050822.m158MIvm023821@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200802050135.m151ZGDH005052@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <47A80C5F.7000404@swipnet.se> <47A81A83.4010104@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202199932 31053 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2008 08:25:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:25:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader To: Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 05 09:25:53 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JMJ7m-0005oC-BA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:25:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJ7J-0002H8-WF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:25:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJ6J-0001uo-GH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJ6I-0001uL-OJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJ6I-0001uF-JD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:18 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMJ6E-0001Fw-L0; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:15 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1202804539.52106@cWtze7D6abcij81b5tR7gw Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m158MIvm023821; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:22:18 -0800 (PST) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <47A81A83.4010104@swipnet.se> ("Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv=22?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?'s?= message of "Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:12:51 +0100") Original-Lines: 22 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:88251 Archived-At: Jan Dj=E4rv writes: > Miles Bader skrev: > > Jan Dj=E4rv writes: > >> I'd go for emacs_128.png. But as others have pointed out, the curre= nt > >> Emacs icon is not that old. And I don't think these new ones are th= at > >> much different to warrant a change. > > > > AFAICS, the main difference is that they follow some sort of OSX > > convention for editors -- the fountain pen in the corner. > > > > So that may be the right thing on OSX, but seems a bit questionable on > > other systems. It's not just that conventions differ on other system= s, > > but the apparent main point -- the pen -- is missing in the smaller > > versions that will often be used on non-OSX systems (OSX uses huge ic= ons > > compared to most systems). Once that pen is gone, you're left with s= ome > > horns or an Ein a blue circle... not exactly an improvement, it seems= to > > me... [it will look even _more_ like the debian iceweasel icon...] >=20 > Is there a 16x16-version somewhere one can look at?=20=20 Not yet, we got just the ones posted, the other versions will follow.