[Sugar-devel] [PATCH] adding new customize icon used when copying bundle source

[manuel quiñones]

2011/8/12 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:
>
>
> 2011/8/12 manuel quiñones <manuel.por.aca at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> El día 12 de agosto de 2011 15:45, Gary Martin
>> <garycmartin at googlemail.com> escribió:
>> > Hi Manuel,
>> >
>> > On 12 Aug 2011, at 17:15, manuel quiñones <manuel.por.aca at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> 2011/8/12 Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>:
>> >>> On 12.08.2011, at 15:59, Simon Schampijer wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I like the idea of a badge, and a hand or maybe even the gear icon
>> >>>> sound good to me.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards,
>> >>>>   Simon
>> >>>
>> >>> Since the gear is on the XO keyboard for "view source" this seems like
>> >>> the obvious choice to me.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input.  Here is a new icon with the gear as a badge:
>> >>
>> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Manuq/CopyBundleIcons
>> >
>> > If the cog has a border (Walter's version where the cog fill stays the
>> > same shape) do we need to shrink the original activity icon so much, or even
>> > not at all?
>>
>> I think that the cog may occlude some important part of the icon if it
>> is not resized, but there is no other way to know it than testing.  We
>> may have the reduction percentage be a variable in the patch.  Walter,
>> is this possible?  Then we can test and see what works better.
>>
>> > So no one likes simple patten badges for indicating different modified
>> > copies, oh well, next time ;)
>>
>> Sorry for not responding about the identicons, I was hoping to get a
>> solution for this in the short term so it can be pushed in Sugar
>> before code freeze.  I like the identicons, but it may lead to more
>> design feedback, and there is no many time.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> > Regards,
>> > --Gary
>> >
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> I think the attached icon, with a transformation matrix as follows seems
> about right for the various activity icons I have tested:
>
> <g
>    transform="matrix(0.4,0,0,0.4,32,32)"
>    id="emblem-view-source"
>    style="display:block">
>
> ...
>
> </g>
>
> I assume that making it an emblem makes sense.

Tested in Inkscape, and it looks good!  It puts the gear in the top
right, not in the bottom right, but it may be Inkscape.

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