Inkscape

Install SVG icon to scalable/apps

Bug #427318 reported by yeKcim on 2009-09-10

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Inkscape	Triaged	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Under Linux : Inkscape does not install an SVG icon to scalable/apps. Meaning that applications such as GNOME Do, which needs larger sizes than 48x48, will use a scaled up bitmap, not a pretty sight.

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yeKcim (yekcim) wrote on 2009-09-10:

Gnome-Do example Edit (70.4 KiB, image/jpeg)

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote on 2009-09-11:

Tested on Ubuntu 9.04, Inkscape 0.46 in /usr and rev. 22218 in /usr/local.
There's nothing in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps, but inkscape.svg is installed in /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ (probably due to local build).
Does someone know if 0.47 "packaged version" installs the scalable icon in the right place?

Changed in inkscape:
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Sven Arvidsson (sa) wrote on 2009-10-03:

AFAICT Inkscape does not follow any of the normal procedures for installing icons such as:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html#install_icons

Current SVN still seems to prefer to use pixmaps:

appicondir = $(datadir)/pixmaps
appicon_DATA = inkscape.png

su_v (suv-lp) on 2009-10-03

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added: linux packaging

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jimmac (jimmac) wrote on 2009-10-08:

Another downside of this is that the included app icon always has a precedence over a system icon theme. Inkscape really should install its app icons into the apps context of the hicolor theme.

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jimmac (jimmac) wrote on 2009-10-08:

app icon in all size Edit (73.8 KiB, application/zip)

And while fixing the way the icon is installed, please consider using an icon that is sharp, pixel precise in the smaller sizes. Attaching one.

jazzynico (jazzynico) on 2011-08-18

Changed in inkscape:
status:	New → Triaged

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