HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

[Rog131]

Note that this is quick&dirty. (KDE 3.5.8 )

Links to Topic: Installing new icons?
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3089396.0


Example: Make own icon theme with K logo and Trascan full/empty icons. KDE will (should) use defaults for the rest of icons.

K-logo (kmenu.png) is in /usr/share/icons/default.kde/ There are:
./128x128/apps/kmenu.png
./16x16/apps/kmenu.png
./22x22/apps/kmenu.png
./32x32/apps/kmenu.png
./48x48/apps/kmenu.png
./64x64/apps/kmenu.png

=> kmenu is in the Applications folder (apps)

Trashcans are:
./128x128/filesystems/trashcan_empty.png (and trashcan_full.png)
./16x16/filesystems/trashcan_empty.png
./22x22/filesystems/trashcan_empty.png
./32x32/filesystems/trashcan_empty.png
./48x48/filesystems/trashcan_empty.png
./64x64/filesystems/trashcan_empty.png

=> FileSystems (filesystems)


Using here 128x128 pixel trashcans and 64x64 pixel replacement for K-logo (Kubuntu wheel logo).


Make my_icons folder
make 128x128 folder
make filesystems folder (/my_icons/128x128/filesystems/)
make 64x64 folder
make apps folder (/my_icons/64x64/apps/)


Put in the /my_icons/128x128/filesystems/, your trashcan_empty.png and trashcan_full.png.

Put in the /my_icons/64x64/apps/, your kmenu.png.

In the /my_icons/ , text file index.theme file:

index.theme:
[Icon Theme]
Name=my_icons

Comment=i_did_it

DisplayDepth=32

Inherits=hicolor

Directories=64x64/apps,128x128/filesystems

[64x64/apps]
Size=64
Type=Threshold
Context=Applications

[128x128/filesystems]
Size=128
Type=Threshold
Context=FileSystems

K-ARTIST: icon index.theme file
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-artists&...2790005054&w=2

TRESHOLD: the iconloader will use the icon bitmap of the size y which is
matches the size x most closely.
If (|y-x| < Treshold) then the icon will be displayed at size y, otherwise
it will be scaled to size x

Right click my_icons folder > Actions > Compress Here (Ark servicemenu) => my_icons.tar.gz


Installing new icon theme:

K > System Settings > Appearance > Icons -> Install New Theme... (drag&drop my_icons.tar.gz)

New Icon theme is in ~/.kde/share/icons/ (should be).



Links

Icon Guide
http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Icon+Guide

Icon Theme Specification
http://standards.freedesktop.org/ico...ec-latest.html

Image:Kubuntu Logo.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kubuntu_Logo.svg

[Rog131]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

Kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex


This linking to the Topic: Can't change video file icon
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3099128.0

Note
Systemvide icons are: /usr/share/icons
For a user icons are: /home/<USER>/.kde/share/icons


Making: /VideoIcons/32x32/mimetypes folders.

That is:
- VideoIcons folder has a subfolder 32x32.
- 32x32 folder has a subfolder mimetypes.


mimetypes folder has four png picture files:
- video-mpeg.png
- video-quicktime.png
- video-x-msvideo.png
- video-x-ms-wmv.png

VideoIcons folder has a text file (index.theme):

[Icon Theme]
Name=VideoIcons

Comment=Rog131

DisplayDepth=32

Inherits=hicolor

Directories=32x32/mimetypes

[32x32/mimetypes]
Size=32
Context=MimeTypes
Type=Threshold

Packing VideoIcons folder to the tar ball (Right clicking VideoIcons folder -> Compress -> Compress to tar.gz (1)) VideoIcons.tar.gz

K > System Settings > Appearance > Icons > Install Theme File... > Drag and dropping VideoIcons.tar.gz to the Location line > Apply


(1) Using Extract And Compress Service Menu
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=84206

Extract And Compress can be found from a PPA repository: https://launchpad.net/~samrog131/+archive

[Xwang]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

What is the icon associated with the txt files?
I have some links to txt files on my desktop ant the icon is not clearly visible, so I would like to modify it adding a white border around the "T".
Xwang

[Rog131]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

What is the icon associated with the txt files?
I have some links to txt files on my desktop ant the icon is not clearly visible, so I would like to modify it adding a white border around the "T".

As said: icons are at /usr/share/icons.

You could turn preview on and look to the subdirectories or use a imageviewer to view icon pictures (and icon names ).

[kevin79]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

Potentially stupid question here... If I create a partial icon them, what icons does KDE use for anything that I haven't defined? I have an icon theme that I'm using that I like but there are a few icons I would like to change so I'm thinking about creating a partial icon theme.

[Rog131]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

If I create a partial icon them, what icons does KDE use for anything that I haven't defined?

KDE will use defaults (Jaunty):

ls -l /usr/share/icons/default.kde

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-08-15 11:47 /media/tmp/usr/share/icons/default.kde -> crystalsvg

ls -l /usr/share/icons/default.kde4

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-08-15 11:49 /media/tmp/usr/share/icons/default.kde4 -> oxygen

I have an icon theme that I'm using that I like but there are a few icons I would like to change so I'm thinking about creating a partial icon theme.

I have been using (with the KDE 3.5) > Crystal-Project icons. It is not a pure Crystal, i have changed some of the icons. A simple tool > Paste (copy) over an existing file

[kevin79]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

Thanks for the info. Looking in the default.kde4 folder, I notice that I don't have a folder for mimetypes. What icons does KDE4 use by default for those?

[Rog131]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

Thanks for the info. Looking in the default.kde4 folder, I notice that I don't have a folder for mimetypes. What icons does KDE4 use by default for those?

Here:

find -L /usr/share/icons/default.kde4 -name mimetypes

/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/16x16/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/22x22/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/128x128/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/scalable/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/32x32/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/64x64/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/48x48/mimetypes

[Rog131]

Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

Kubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope


Making a text file: ~/.kde/share/icons/my_icons/index.theme

[Icon Theme]
Name=my_icons

Comment=i_did_it

DisplayDepth=32

Inherits=hicolor

Directories=64x64/places

[64x64/places]
Size=64
Type=Threshold
Context=Places

and adding a picturefile: ~/.kde/share/icons/my_icons/64x64/places/start-here-kde.png.


Clicking System Settings > Apperance > Icons: Theme=my_icons. Apply


Now all applications that are using the "start-here-kde"-icon will use the icon from the ~/.kde/share/icons/my_icons/64x64/places/start-here-kde.png

[OneLine]

Tuning a icon theme

1) Copy the theme to the ~/.kde/share/icons/. Rename the folder if the theme exist.

At here: /usr/share/icons/oxygen/ -> ~/.kde/share/icons/oxygen-folders/

2) Edit the index.theme.
Change the name <Name=Oxygen Folders> and the comment <Comment=Usual Suspect>.

3) Change the icon pictures.

Manually this is a laborious task.

There was a good start: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=122493.

This could be made a bit easier with a service menu: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...-Dolphin/page4.

Point&Right click.



The service menu will search and replace the icons with wanted pictures.



Using pictures from the http://www.iconarchive.com/category/folder-icons.html.

Few clicks later the theme is starting to shape.