matttbe, Wednesday 26 May 2010 à 12:38
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Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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I think that it's maybe better to directly contact authors of icons themes.
Maybe they can export their icons into svg files because I'm sure, they don't work with png files.
Or you can also make your request on IRC or on Gnome-Look forum because I think there are more artists there |
Subscription date : 14 December 2009
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Thats some good ideas. I'll definitely do that.
Some other questions--
Is it normal when converting from png to svg, to get a crappy conversion, or is their a better program to do that? Currently I'm just importing the image, then saving it as an svg, is there a better way to do that in Inkscape? |
Subscription date : 30 November 2007
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yep, because you don't need to convert the image into an SVG file (that is to say, to vectorize the image), you just need to embed the image inside a SVG |
matttbe, Wednesday 26 May 2010 à 16:58
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Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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Inkscape is a vector graphics editor application. It uses SVG format (you can also edit these files with a text editor). PNG is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression. It's totally different, the opposite in fact |
Subscription date : 14 December 2009
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you just need to embed the image inside a SVG
How do you do that? (so that it looks good) |
matttbe, Wednesday 26 May 2010 à 18:47
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Subscription date : 14 December 2009
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Ok I DID IT!!! I guess some things just turn out more pixelated than others. I found an Icon that actually looks really nice in 44 x 44 once embedded...
I will post it as soon as I fine the author of original icon (which I chopped up into intervals, guess i'm kinda artsy after all... ) and get permission to.
If I remember correctly we used to be able to choose what icon to use as the charge indicator and since my theme is black and white, the black charge indicator doesn't work if the batteries (I can't see it). Is there still a way to change it? (I couldn't find it in the PowerManager configuration tab). Or is there a way to add to the theme.xml file? |
Subscription date : 30 November 2007
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once you made your gauge, just copy its folder into ~/.config/cairo-dock/extras/gauges, it will then be available in the list of themes |
Subscription date : 14 December 2009
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Thanks to that notation in help, I already knew that, but thanks for making sure!
As for the charging icon I just copied the one I wanted to /usr/share/cairo-dock/plug-ins/powermanager/charge.svg; however, its still the same size (no matter how large I made the icon), so it is hard to see. Is there a way to change the charging icon size, or is that in the code?
Finally, I've determined that the original icon is a pilfer of a pilfer of a pilfer, etc... So, I'm going to go ahead and post a preview:
What do you think. The original icon isn't mine, but I did do the chopping to make it into this gauge. It was originally an Icon for a database but I thought it being in sections worked perfect for a black and white battery (since there are no colors to determine the charge at a quick glance, you can just count the sections with that quick glance) and it also reminded me of three watch batteries ! |
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it has a nice style !
what do you mean by "it's still the same size" ? |
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For a Black and White theme, isn't better with something like that ?
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