From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: new icon hard to see Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:25:15 +0000 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205015217 8396 80.91.229.12 (8 Mar 2008 22:26:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: "Chris Moore" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 08 23:27:25 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 1JY7Vi-0005Yd-GW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:27:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JY7V9-00067Z-N1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:26:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JY7UQ-0005gs-QQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:26:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JY7UO-0005fL-QF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:26:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JY7UO-0005fB-Lr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:26:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JY7UO-00044l-Ds for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:26:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JY7UO-0007yK-7i for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:26:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JY7UL-00043v-34 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:26:00 -0500 Original-Received: from ppsw-9.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.139]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JY7UK-00043O-Kn for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:25:56 -0500 X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Original-Received: from sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.223.202]:37817) by ppsw-9.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.159]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) id 1JY7UH-0005fZ-UQ (Exim 4.67) (return-path ); Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:25:53 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Chris Moore's message of "Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:11:47 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 Emacs/23.0.60 (20080222) Fedora/8 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:91789 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21455 Archived-At: On 2008-03-08 22:11 +0000, Chris Moore wrote: > I updated my CVS trunk Emacs build today and noticed the icon for > Emacs has changed. > > It seems to be a blue pen on a blue background. This, of course, is > very hard to recognise, especially once it has been scaled down to > icon sizes. > > If the pen was a color that contrasts with the background it would be > clearer. Or if the pen wasn't there at all, that would look better > too. As it is, it just looks like the icon image is a bit corrupted. I think the Emacs developers should invite artists in tango-project to create a proper icon. The new icon looks very good at 64x64 or above. -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: [ GPG Key: 9283AA3F ] :. Use the best OS -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/