On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 05:43:49PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 11:17:32 -0700
> You misunderstand though. It doesn't need to be done in menu itself. In
> fact, such wouldn't make sense because different menu systems need
> different icon sizes. Not only that, but it would be
Hello debian-policy,
As discussed previously and since no one has raised an objection, I will
remove the point 3 below from the menu manual.
3. The icons should use only the 24 colors present in cmap.xpm,
which comes with the `menu' package.
For now, I will let the point 2 bel
On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 07:53:19PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Of course you'll get better results in such scaling if you have more
> colors available. The problem, I think, is that some of the window
> managers that support icons, like fvwm, do not do scaling, or don't do
> it very well.
Couldn't u
Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Indeed. With people using tiny laptops with 640x480 pixel screens to
> people using high-end workstations with two (or three?) multi-megapixel
> screens, there isn't any one size that will fit all.
>
> What Gnome, OS X, and KDE do is to provide icons in a large size that is
On Wed, 14 May 2003 11:17:32 -0700
Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Choose the best one" implies having multiple icons of different
> > sizes, right?
>
> Um, no, if there's only one, then that's obviously the best one. :)
That's a given. But if they want their icons to be reasonably
On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:17:32AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 08:21:20AM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 May 2003 00:30:29 -0700
> > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Right :) On the other hand, we would probably have more icons listed in
> > /usr/
On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 08:21:20AM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 00:30:29 -0700
> Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I agree -- icons in the menu should be about the same size as the
> > text, or maybe a little larger. It's a menu, not an image-viewing
> > tool. :)
On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 12:30:29AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> Actually, there's another option: just add some new variables, and, as
> with title/longtitle, put a function in /etc/menu-methods/menu.h to
> choose the best one, which the user can comment out or edit. That
> should satisfy everyone
On Wed, 14 May 2003 00:30:29 -0700
Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:47:15PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
>
> > 32x32 is *huge* in a menu, and 48x48 is insane. At least for common
> > use today :)
>
> I agree -- icons in the menu should be about the same size as
On ke, 2003-05-14 at 01:45, Joey Hess wrote:
> icon size and screen resolution continues to be all over the map from
> what I can see
Indeed. With people using tiny laptops with 640x480 pixel screens to
people using high-end workstations with two (or three?) multi-megapixel
screens, there isn't an
On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:47:15PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> 32x32 is *huge* in a menu, and 48x48 is insane. At least for common use
> today :)
I agree -- icons in the menu should be about the same size as the
text, or maybe a little larger. It's a menu, not an image-viewing
tool. :)
> If
On Wed, 14 May 2003 00:36:58 +0200
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Don't you think it would be nice if they could be used for both?
> > (After all, application icons on a panel are menus in their own
> > right.)
>
> The menu manual is not supposed to comment on such things.
I'm just
On Tue, 13 May 2003 18:29:57 -0400
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David B Harris wrote:
> > (Note that I'm subscribed to the list, no need to mail me
> > personally.)
> >
> > On Tue, 13 May 2003 15:58:49 -0500
> > John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:30:
On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:47:15PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2003 23:03:02 +0200
> Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I know at least two dozen people who use 48x48 icons, even though
> > > they're not in the menu. (They're in a panel or somesuch.)
> >
> > This doc
Bill Allombert wrote:
> Here an extract from the menu manual:
>
> Debian package maintainers should ensure that any icons they include
> for use in the debian menus conform to the following points:
>
> 1. The icons should be in xpm format.
>
> 2. The icons may not be larg
David B Harris wrote:
> (Note that I'm subscribed to the list, no need to mail me personally.)
>
> On Tue, 13 May 2003 15:58:49 -0500
> John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:30:10PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> > > Instead of adjusting this to "48x48" to match cu
On Tue, 13 May 2003 23:03:02 +0200
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I know at least two dozen people who use 48x48 icons, even though
> > they're not in the menu. (They're in a panel or somesuch.)
>
> This document apply onlys to icons in /usr/lib/menu for application
> menu. Icons sp
(Note that I'm subscribed to the list, no need to mail me personally.)
On Tue, 13 May 2003 15:58:49 -0500
John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:30:10PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> > Instead of adjusting this to "48x48" to match current common
> > practise, upping
On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:30:10PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2003 21:56:35 +0200
> Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2. The icons may not be larger than 32x32 pixels, although
> > smaller sizes are ok.
> >
> > To accomodate with current workspace size, we
On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:30:10PM -0400, David B Harris wrote:
> Instead of adjusting this to "48x48" to match current common practise,
> upping it to 128x128 will give us a bit more leeway.
Why not just use SVG and eliminate the whole problem?
On Tue, 13 May 2003 21:56:35 +0200
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2. The icons may not be larger than 32x32 pixels, although
> smaller sizes are ok.
>
> To accomodate with current workspace size, we could eventually
> change size in point 2 to 48x48.
I know at least two do
Hello debian-policy,
Here an extract from the menu manual:
Debian package maintainers should ensure that any icons they include
for use in the debian menus conform to the following points:
1. The icons should be in xpm format.
2. The icons may not be larger than 32x32 pi
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