[openbeos] Re: Haiku Icon set ...

Below is Johns mail, somewhat more reader friendly...

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On 2007-02-26 at 21:39:15 [+0100], John Drinkwater <jdrinkwater@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
On 26/02/07, Simon Taylor <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:48:03 +0100 CET
> > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [openbeos] Re: Haiku Icon set ...
> >
> >
> > > > Most of you know that I'm working on a Icon Theme (based on an
> > > > existing
> > > > ubuntu SVG icon them 'Human' for ZETA) ... when switching to a
> > > > differant
> > > > icon format I think you made it pretty hard for people to work with
> > > > Themes
> > > > to change the existing one ...
> > >
> > > I don't understand the problem you're having here - Icon-o-Matic can
> > > import SVGs and save as HVI icons.
> > >
> >
> > Good to know, doing so from command line would be handy as well.
> > I guess if there is a translator we should be able to use translate.
> >
> > François.
>
> The problem is the HVIF uses concepts that don't appear in other formats 
like SVG in order to reduce the size - reusing paths and shapes for example. 
That is also why Icon-O-Matic is not a simple vector drawing application.

Just a quick nit-pick, SVG allows you to re-use paths, shapes, and
styles. The only thing it doesn't do is the zoom-based visibility.
Which could quite easily be an extension added by Haiku (in our own
namespace, and then proposed to the SVG peeps).

> One could automatically translate SVG to HVIF I suppose, with one new path 
for everything drawn, but really Haiku icons should be tweaked for HVIF, and 
that's why having the import into Icon-O-Matic, tweak to best use the reuse 
features of HVIF, and then save out as HVIF, is the best approach IMHO.

Tweaking should be encouraged for anyone making a set of icons, but
home users wanting to replace an icon should just be able to inject an
SVG, and it just work.

All imho ;)

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John '[Beta]' Drinkwater
http://johndrinkwater.name/

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