From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: choice for the new emacs icon Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:27:54 +0900 Message-ID: References: <200802050135.m151ZGDH005052@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcgof9as.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200802050618.m156IHMi005521@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202192907 13780 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2008 06:28:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:28:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 05 07:28:49 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 1JMHIT-00051U-FO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:28:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMHI1-0004eI-9t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:28:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMHHm-0004Qv-6P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:28:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMHHk-0004Ob-Gn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:28:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMHHk-0004OU-Dx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:28:00 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMHHg-0007gb-AX; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m156Rtjx000916; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:27:55 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:27:54 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:27:54 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id BCD3A594; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:27:54 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200802050618.m156IHMi005521@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:18:13 -0800") Original-Lines: 19 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:88239 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > What's wrong with the "new Emacs icon" that we adopted for Emacs 22? > > The icons posted are not new, they are further refinements of > emacs/etc/images/icons/emacs*.png AFAIR they were discussed before > being checked in. Those icons in the tree say "..._mac.png" -- i.e., they're for the mac, and thus I suspect off most peoples' radar. [OSX both has somewhat different conventions (e.g. pen == editor), and seems to generally use much larger icons that other systems (so the tradeoffs are different). These new icons look very "OSX"...] -Miles -- Cabbage, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.