Emacs icon and Tango

Emacs icon and Tango

[Kevin Wright]

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I like the use of the gnu's horns turned sideways as an 'E'. It has a fairly
clear interpretation yet still has a subtle connection to the gnus logo. The
Swiss army knife, kitchen sink, and gnu icons always leave me grasping for
meaning and/or even recognizing what the icon is.

A couple of comments related to Tango have been made, so I'll add a comment
on that.

The Tango style guidelines (
http://tango-project.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines) say

   - All Tango icons are stroked with a thin outline
   - Use glossy reflection only on objects that have a reflective surface
   in real life

Stroking the 'E' and reducing the gloss would bring the icons more in line
with Tango.

Best,

Kevin Wright

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Re: Emacs icon and Tango

[Stefan Monnier]

>    - Use glossy reflection only on objects that have a reflective surface
>    in real life

Given Elisp support for reflexivity, and the glossy finish of Emacs's user
interface, I think the glossy reflection is clearly justified.


        Stefan

Re: Emacs icon and Tango

[Miles Bader]

2005/10/24, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:
> >    - Use glossy reflection only on objects that have a reflective surface
> >    in real life
>
> Given Elisp support for reflexivity, and the glossy finish of Emacs's user
> interface, I think the glossy reflection is clearly justified.

Clearly we need a variable to set...

-miles

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RE: Emacs icon and Tango

[Drew Adams]

    The Tango style guidelines say
       - All Tango icons are stroked with a thin outline
       - Use glossy reflection only on objects that have a 
         reflective surface in real life
    
    Stroking the 'E' and reducing the gloss would bring the icons 
    more in line with Tango.

A picture is worth... 

How about showing us?    

Re: Emacs icon and Tango

[Richard M. Stallman]

We don't have a commitment in the GNU Project to follow the Tango
project standards.  If they make a suggestion, we should listen to it
as we would any other suggestion.