From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: choice for the new emacs icon Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:15:25 +0100 Message-ID: <86ir13ojbm.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <200802050135.m151ZGDH005052@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87y79zsrdw.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202202991 7564 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2008 09:16:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:16:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Bastien Guerry Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 05 10:16:52 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 1JMJv7-0001zm-WB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:16:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJuf-0005fF-Kt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:16:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJtq-0004i7-Jk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:15:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJto-0004fb-UO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:15:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMJto-0004fV-PH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:15:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.quinscape.de ([212.29.44.217]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMJto-0008Tk-B5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:15:28 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail-ldap/ctrl 21402 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2008 09:15:26 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 5 Feb 2008 09:15:25 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id F0C1C8EC76; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:15:25 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87y79zsrdw.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien Guerry's message of "Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:07:39 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir MailGate (version: 2.1.3-2; AVE: 7.6.0.62; VDF: 7.0.2.91; host: quinx) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:88264 Archived-At: Bastien Guerry 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. > > I prefer emacs_128.png over emacs_128-2.png. The first image goes up > while the second image goes down. Emacs goes up, not down. Our current icons lean forward (making the "M" and the horns more conspicuous) and still "go up". So I don't think that we should be made to pick between two new icon variants which are both visually worse in that respect. -- David Kastrup