Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:11:06 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Gnome <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: question about icons for non-gnome apps Message-ID: <41E416BA.3080709@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050111163606.GB8076@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20050107145752.GC3561@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <41DED42E.2050008@FreeBSD.org> <20050111163606.GB8076@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fernan Aguero wrote: | +----[ Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> (08.Jan.2005 15:13): | | | | [snip] | | | I don't think this is possible. In order for me to put custom icons on | | my various terminal launchers, I had to add those icons to each terminal | | profile. It was work, but worth the effort. Personally, I think this | | is a bug with GNOME, but haven't yet got annoyed enough to officially | | complain. | | | | Joe | | | +----] | | Joe, | | thanks for the answer, and excuse my delay in replying. | | But what exactly is a 'terminal profile'? Is this a gnome | thing? Do these 'profiles' exist or should I create them? | | I searched on my disk and found a directory named 'profiles' | for a variety of gnome apps under | /usr/X11R6/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps. | | For example, for gnome-terminal, the %gconf.xml found under | /usr/X11R6/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/ | has an entry named icon which apparently points to some | other place: | <entry name="icon" mtime="1104221888" schema="/schemas/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/icon"/> | | and again looking around I've found yet another %gconf.xml | (why do they begin with a %?) at | /usr/X11R6/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/ | (do the previous entry referred to this file?) which | contains again another entry named 'icon', but now with a | filename that does appear to point to an actual graphic | file: | | <entry name="icon" mtime="1104221888" type="schema" stype="string" owner="gnome-terminal"> | | [several <local_schema> </local_schema> tags snipped] | | <local_schema locale="C" short_desc="Icon for terminal window"> | <default type="string"> | <stringvalue>gnome-terminal.png</stringvalue> | </default> | | <longdesc> | Icon to use for tabs/windows containing this profile. | </longdesc> | </local_schema> | | am I on the right track? What other files should I need to | edit/create in order for this 'magic' to work? Or perhaps it | could be done with gconf? Yes, I am referring to gnome-terminal profiles. All profile editing and creation can be done from within gnome-terminal itself. Joe | | Thanks again for any pointer, | | Fernan | - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB5Ba6b2iPiv4Uz4cRAnrbAJsGJaC9BAcMYwBGKDeT55D+tEffqQCfWSoJ tPu/ZiJ7VwLvZBnqC5Yeoxg= =0Boc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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