[Python-Dev] New-style icons, .desktop file

Fri Apr 14 12:35:53 CEST 2006

Morning!
I've done some tweaks to the previously-posted-about icon set, taking 
note of some of the comments here and on -list. In particular, amongst 
more minor changes:
 - added egg icon (based on zip)
 - flipped pycon to work better with shortcut arrow
 - emphasised borders of 32x32 version of pycon, and changed text
 colour, in order to distinguish more from pyc. In balance I think
 this is enough of a change, though Nick Coghlan's idea of just using
 the plus in this case also has merit - indeed this is what happens
 at 16x16
 - built .ico files without the Windows Vista enormo-icons. If the
 icons *were* to go in the win32 distribution, it probably wouldn't
 make sense to spend the considerably larger filesize on Vista icons
 until such time as people are actually using Vista.
 - included PNG and SVG version of icons. The SVG unfortunately doesn't
 preserve all the effects of the original Xara files, partly because
 a few effects (feathering, bevels) can't be done in SVG 1.1, and
 partly because the current conversion process is bobbins (but we're
 working on that!). So the nice gradients and things are gone, but it
 should still be of use as a base for anyone wanting to hack on the
 icons.
 - excised file() in favour of open() ;-)
Files and preview here:
 http://doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons2.zip
 http://doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons2.png
Oh, and is the intention to deprecate the purple/green horizontal snake 
logo previously used for 'Python for Windows' (as well as PSF)? If so, 
Erik van B's installer graphic could probably do with a quick refresh.
cheers,
-- 
And Clover
mailto:and at doxdesk.com
http://www.doxdesk.com/