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| author | Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> | 2014-06-19 14:33:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> | 2014-06-19 22:31:13 -0700 |
| commit | 1b0f56ddb2b85b68232c22a7a8b8744cb9ad76f9 (patch) | |
| tree | bf7e14155175590986cb3d19b0c0ac0227ca7538 /icon/creating-linux-icons | |
| parent | 37856672c57f2fd91184c2391a201bbbdc48545e (diff) | |
Rename icon files to fit XDG specifications. Add file icons. Add mime types
Our SVG icons now follow XDG standards by including a vendor
prefix. The new file type icons include application-vnd.altusmetrum as
a prefix so that they match the mime types declared.
Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'icon/creating-linux-icons')
| -rw-r--r-- | icon/creating-linux-icons | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/icon/creating-linux-icons b/icon/creating-linux-icons new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5b034c09 --- /dev/null +++ b/icon/creating-linux-icons @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# To create linux icons and file associations + +1) Create mime type and install + + http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/AddingMIMETutor/ + + # xdg-mime install --mode system org-altusmetrum-mimetypes.xml + # update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime + + On debian, + +2) Create icons and install + + For mime type application/vnd.altusmetrum.telemetry + icon name application-vnd.altusmetrum.telemetry.svg + + All mime icons go in + + /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes + + Update the icon database + + # update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/hicolor + +3) Create .desktop file and install + + # xdg-desktop-menu install --mode system altusmetrum-altosui.desktop + + # update-desktop-database |