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List:       kde-artists
Subject:    Re: K-ARTIST:Modifying the default icon schemes
From:       Antiphon <antiphon39 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2003-02-03 15:57:33
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Ante has understood my idea correctly.

Perhaps we don't even need to make any additional SVG
comments &c. but rather make it so that certain
particular colors will be specified to be the swapping
colors, i.e. how transparent GIFs are not really
transparent.

This is a hack but may be more feasible. Is there
anyone who is on the programming end of the SVG
implementation on this list?


--- ante <vitanova@softhome.net> wrote:
> True, but the results are not very good, there is an
> one color wash over 
> everything. Antiphon's idea may be difficult to
> implement, the main color has 
> to be identified, something like adding to the file:
> MainColor=..... . Or it 
> has to be found be the software. I doubt it will
> really work out. 
> 
> And then, there are the PNGs that are made out of
> the SVGs for the small 
> icons, they will not change with the SVGs. 
> 
> If you maintain a green version or a red one - or a
> black and white for color 
> blind people - it is probably a good idea to write a
> script and change the 
> SVGs with it, then repair some of them by hand, make
> a theme out of them. 
> Automate the bulk, finetune the results. 
> 
> Cordialemente,
> 
> Ante
> 
> On Saturday 01 February 2003 23:31, luciash d' being
> wrote:
> > hi Antiphon,
> >
> > sorry to disappoint you, but there is imho already
> this feature available
> > since KDE 3.0 (maybe even since 2.0? i'm not
> sure.).
> > just try this in Control Center:
> > Appearance & Themes -> Icons -> Advanced -> Set
> Effect -> Colorize -> Color
> >
> > et voila!
> >
> > greetings,
> > luci
> >
> > Dne Saturday 01 of February 2003 18:47 Antiphon .
> napsal(a):
> > > I thought of the following idea which would
> create the
> > > idea of icon color schemes. As some of you may
> > > remember, I am maintaining a green version of
> Crystal.
> > > I should not have to be doing this, however,
> because
> > > now that we are going to move to SVG, why not
> make it
> > > so that the user has the ability to choose what
> the
> > > basic icon colors will be. That is, an option in
> > > KControl to choose the primary color (in my
> case,
> > > emerald green), dark color, and light color.
> Maybe the
> > > intermediate shades could be determined in a
> fashion
> > > similar to the method used to calculate window
> > > titlebar gradients.
> > >
> > > I'm not a programmer but if we could do this, it
> would
> > > be something that AFAIK has never been done.
> > >
> > > Sure some people would make their desktops look
> like
> > > crap but imagine the possibilities:
> organizations
> > > could make all of their systems use the same
> style and
> > > icon colors (great for the corporate desktop or
> Net
> > > cafe), users would get more control (great for
> the
> > > blind or color-blind), and KDE would further
> > > distinguish itself as the Number 1 operating
> > > environment. It would also make themes more
> meaningful
> > > and convenient if the icon tints could be loaded
> along
> > > with them.
> > >
> > > The idea would be somewhat along the lines of
> what we
> > > already have, just make it so that certain hues
> will
> > > always be drawn the options the user has
> specified.
> > > But if we were to extend the existing paradigm
> of
> > > blanket colorizing of PNG images to partial
> colorizing
> > > of SVG, it'd be something never before done.
> > >
> > > Is this feasible?
> > >
> > >
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