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 21:47:05 -0800 Message-ID: <200802060547.m165lAPb003310@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200802050135.m151ZGDH005052@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcgof9as.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202276914 11949 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2008 05:48:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 05:48:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 06 06:48:56 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 1JMd9S-0007tf-Nv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:48:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMd90-0007Vy-DI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:48:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMd8u-0007Vt-P5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:48:20 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMd8t-0007Vc-8X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:48:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMd8t-0007VZ-5D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:48:19 -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 1JMd8s-0005PQ-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:48:18 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1202881638.20485@zMbjzz6OSVMV3Tvi63GQSQ 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 m165lAPb003310; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 21:47:12 -0800 (PST) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87hcgof9as.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:04:27 -0500") Original-Lines: 34 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=1.36, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, SARE_BAYES_7x5 0.80, SARE_BAYES_8x5 0.80, SARE_BAYES_9x5 1.20) X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamScore: s 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:88326 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > > We got 2 versions for a replacement for the emacs icon. > > > > RMS said: > > "They both look good to me, but it is hard for me to choose between them. > > Please ask emacs-devel." > > > > So here they are. > > Please choose one. > > What's wrong with the "new Emacs icon" that we adopted for Emacs 22? Here are some disadvantages of the old icon: - we don't have an svg version of it. - we don't have a full set of sizes. Here are the sizes that are present on Fedora8: 16x16 22x22 24x24 32x32 36x36 48x48 64x64 72x72 96x96 128x128 192x192 scalable not all applications provide all of them. It would be hard to provide the bigger sizes. - we don't have versions for Mac and for windows (this one probably can be arranged) - it was a one off thing, the author has not been active in emacs after doing it. The advantages for the new one: - it looks better IMO - the author has been willing to refine the icon, so he has an interest in emacs. Given that we don't really have contributors that can do things like this, we want to attract future possible contribution on the artistic side. We do need more and better icons for the tool-bar.