On 12/22/24 9:02 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Sun 22 Dec 2024 at 07:13:01 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
On 12/21/24 9:48 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Sat 21 Dec 2024 at 06:33:07 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0
I wish to launch applications by clicking on an icon on the MATE panel.
Questions/Problems:
1. What icons are displayable on a MATE panel (i.e. specs)?
2. How do I search for appropriate icon?
The hierarchy under /usr/share/icons has inappropriate structure,
giving no hint of displayable or not. (color/b&w etc. irrelevant)
Doesn't mate-desktop-environment-core depend on mate-icon-theme,
which appears to be stuffed full of icons of every variety?
That answer is is skew to the purpose of my first question ;}
Perhaps I should have asked:
> What is the specification of the set of icons displayable
> on a MATE panel?
There seem to be a load of nice large icons under /u/sh/icons/mate/256x256/
that are classified by use at the next directory level: apps, devices, etc.
I assume you are referring to "/usr/share/icons/mate/256x256".
Being in the "/usr/share/icons/mate" hierarchy seems to indicate only
that MATE recognizes them as "legitimate" in some sense, not that they
are _suitable_ for use on panels [ on my system, all default panel
icons are 48x48].
Apart from not knowing what you mean by legitimacy,
legitimate == a file type/content recognized by a MATE display routine
suitable for use ~= e.g. 8x8 too coarse, 256x256 uselessly fine detail
that makes things
easier. Just type:
$ xzgv /usr/share/icons/mate/48x48/apps
xzgv, an interesting app that would be more convenient if left column
displayed a miniature of icon with size appropriate to line spacing
(semantic content of filename can approach absolute zero).
As to "How do I search for appropriate icon?", when drifting off to
sleep last night I mused on "Would a database be more suitable than a
hierarchical file structure?" YMMV ;}
