From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: aaaa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposal for a new emacs icon Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 04:26:31 +0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8212"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 02 07:57:28 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1s2PRg-0001wB-6h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 02 May 2024 07:57:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s2PR4-0003FI-2B; Thu, 02 May 2024 01:56:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s2GXN-0005pO-Rn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2024 16:26:46 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s2GXJ-0006Ij-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2024 16:26:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1s2GXG-0009vs-Ll for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2024 22:26:38 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: 7 X-Spam_score: 0.7 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FORGED_MUA_MOZILLA=2.309, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 02 May 2024 01:56:46 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:318529 Archived-At: On 5/2/24 02:14, Dmitry Gutov wrote: > On 01/05/2024 02:07, Elijah G wrote: >> Hi, I made a new icon for emacs to replace the current one into a bit >> more "modern" according to current icons from other editors such as >> neovim, zed, vscode and codium, etc. > > Hmm, looks like it matches the style of VS Code and Neovim icons, but > not Zed or VSCodium. > > Which is a good thing to have, even if we don't make it a default icon > for the editor (maybe after a number of revisions, although as we can > see the immediate reaction of the long-time contributors is skeptical). > Maybe we could have an alternative icon set, or some such. > > Though to be honest I think the toolbar icon set that we have is a much > bigger problem than the application icon (which is already fairly > decent). I just tried Emacs on macOS last, and the contrast between the > toolbar and the (fairly modern-looking) frame is pretty jarring. At > least on GNU/Linux (e.g. with GTK3 build) we use a lot of the system > theme icons. > > I agree that the toolbar icon set is a bigger issue than the application icon, and it can be off-putting to new users. I would love to see Emacs adopt a more modern, cohesive, and unified look that is on par with some of the newer editors out there.