Ah... you sent this when I was typing my e-mail. I am glad to hear others are working on fixing this issue! Are you working on making symbolic links, or some automated script (kinda like what I am attempting), or something totally different? Eric has sorted out the main 2 issues. 1. bad Icon= path 2. xpm sized too large
I can only see 3 (realistically)possible solutions. 1. script to fix the icons 2. symbolic links to the real icons 3. automated conversion and fixing of desktop files (possibly on a larger Ubuntu community scale... not just Lubuntu) I guess it might be time to find out if Xfce/Gnome/Unity has this problem, though wrong icon paths will affect every respin, I suppose... if not there may be a solution in another DE already for the wrong icon paths. Though badly sized Icons can only be fixed by resizing them (or forcing the menu to show them at a certain size) It seems like to fix every icon field one would have to work for Canonical to be able to make a change of that magnitude across all however many thousands of packages in the repos. It would be very nice to have it done for Trusty. On 12/29/2013 11:40 AM, Rafael Laguna wrote: > We're trying to clean that mess too. A lot of programs, coming from > old versions of Gnome, have icon definitions pointing to weird paths. > The ideal rule is just naming the icon, with path or extension, just > its name, and obviously putting an icon at the apps section of the theme. > > Xombrero, Openbox itself or GColor2 are examples of bad icon naming. > > > -- > Rafael Laguna > Lubuntu Artwork Team > > > > > > 2013/12/29 Eric Bradshaw <ericbrads...@computers4christians.org > <mailto:ericbrads...@computers4christians.org>> > > I hope the details below helps someone figure some things out > about no icons, blank icons and icons that are too big. And as > mentioned previously by Aere; there is quite a bit of variation in > the way developers tackle the icon "problem." I looked a little > deeper and tried some experimenting with apps installed through > LSC starting with the letter "E." > > For the application called eFTE, which shows no icon (default icon > in menu, blank on the desktop); there are 4 icons in usr/share/pixmaps > efte16x16.xpm > efte32x32.xpm > efte48x48.xpm > efte64x64.xpm > This is referenced in the shortcut as Icon=efte > > I copied the shortcut to the desktop and changed just the Icon= > line to reference the path to the 32x32 icon > Icon=usr/share/pixmaps/efte32x32.xpm > This had absolutely no effect. I tried each of the other sizes as > well; 16x16, 48x48 and 64x64. None had any effect - still a blank > icon. > I also tried moving the Icon= line to the top of the shortcut, > just below [Desktop Entry]; nothing. > I then moved the Icon= line above [Desktop Entry] and this time > after saving, the default icon was shown. > Next, I deleted all but the 64x64px icon in usr/share/pixmaps and > renamed it simply efte.xpm. I then moved the Icon= line back down > below the Exec= line, but left the path. The icon went back to > being blank. Finally, I removed the path, so it was now > Icon=efte.xpm (only the 64x64px icon still remained in > usr/share/pixmaps and the icon's name is simply efte.xpm) and the > icon showed on the desktop! I (tested to make sure the shortcut > still worked from the desktop to open eFTE) then replaced the > shortcut in /usr/share/applications and the icon showed in the > menu too! The menu now showed a large icon for eFTE; 4 times the > size it should have been. Next (because I had really deleted all > but the 64x64px version) I halved the size of the icon in GIMP and > overwrote it in /usr/share/pixmaps. And because it was still > showing the 4x size in the menu, I entered lxpanelctl restart in > LXTerminal and the icon had shrunk to twice the size as normal - > the 32x32px size. I halved it again to 16x16px and again entered > lxpanelctl restart in LXTerminal and the icon then finally showed > in the menu at a normal size. > > In the case of Emila Pinball, which shows a large icon (roughly 4x > normal size); there is only 1 icon in the same location > pinball.xpm > This icon is 32x32px, 72 dpi. > This is referenced in the shortcut as Icon=pinball.xpm > > emesene, which shows a normal icon; has both an .xpm (at 32x32px) > and a .png (at 96x96px) in usr/share/pixmaps > emesene.xpm > emesene.png > Referenced in the shortcut as Icon=emesene > > ELKI, which shows a normal icon; only one icon resides in > usr/share/pixmaps > elki-icon.png > It is also 32x32px, 72 dpi > In the shortcut as Icon=elki-icon > > Hope some of this sheds some light. > Eric > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > > -- Regards
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