Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 12:47:01 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> Cc: david@usermode.org Subject: Re: What is the best place to install additional icon sets? Message-ID: <20030509124701.5c85d768.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20030509084055.GA57822@regency.nsu.ru> References: <20030509062810.GA48885@regency.nsu.ru> <20030509065021.GO70324@vectors.cx> <20030509071936.GA52476@regency.nsu.ru> <20030509074338.GP70324@vectors.cx> <20030509080309.GA56761@regency.nsu.ru> <20030509082015.GQ70324@vectors.cx> <20030509084055.GA57822@regency.nsu.ru>
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On Fri, 9 May 2003 15:40:55 +0700
Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> wrote:
> <quote author="david@usermode.org">
> I think the best place for the icons is their "default" location, namely
> ${LOCALBASE}/share/icons/<icon_set_name>/. Why? Because there is an
> effort underway to create standard locations for icons and other
> desktop resources (www.freedesktop.org). The only reason GNOME icons
> aren't there is because GNOME is installed to X11BASE instead of
> LOCALBASE.
> It's easy enough to find the icons if you're using GNOME, Windowmaker,
> or something else.
> </quote>
>
> It is not all about whether something useful or not in non-X
> environment. There are other issues out there to consider; and yes,
> my original intention was to put them under
> ${X11BASE}/share/<whatever>(that is, DATADIR with USE_X_PREFIX).
What does ${LOCALBASE} means on the important Linux distributions? Does
it translate into /usr? If yes I would vote for
${X11BASE}/share/icons/<icon_set_name>/ as it fits into our view of
things and IMHO into the Linux POV too.
Bye,
Alexander.
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