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wakkana12 05-25-2010 01:52 AM
adding new xfce icons
 
hi, just a quick question how to add new icons on xfce. i tried adding icons to my ~/.icons/<folder_name> then run this command
Code:
gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t ~/.icons/<folder_name>
but it still doesn't appear in the icons selection.

i downloaded the icons in http://xfce-look.org/.

dugan 05-25-2010 01:58 AM
Which specific theme?

The standard procedure is just:

Code:
cd ~/.icons
tar xf /path/to/icons.tar.t?z

wakkana12 05-25-2010 02:01 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan (Post 3980270)
Which specific theme?

The standard procedure is just:

Code:
cd ~/.icons
tar xf /path/to/icons.tar.t?z
this theme http://xfce-look.org/content/show.ph...content=102020

i ran the
Code:
unrar x Slick_and_Smooth_icons_by_Lemonade.rar
to extract the files then placed it in the ~/.icons folder

dugan 05-25-2010 08:58 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by wakkana12 (Post 3980276)
I just looked at it. The reason the installation failed is because that isn't an icon theme. It's just a collection of icons.

To install it, you'll have to either copy over the icons of an existing theme, or use your desktop environment's "Change Icon" command to set individual icons. The latter is what you're supposed to do.

wakkana12 05-25-2010 08:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan (Post 3980626)
I just looked at it. The reason the installation failed is because that isn't an icon theme. It's just a collection of icons.

To install it, you'll have to either copy over the icons of an existing theme, or use your desktop environment's "Change Icon" command to set individual icons. The latter is what you're supposed to do.
what do you meant by "Change Icon"? im using xfce, the problem is that the icons that i extracted doesn't appear on the list in the
Code:
xfce menu -> settings -> appearance -> icons tab
another question is that how will i know if it is a theme icons or not?

dugan 05-25-2010 09:39 PM
Quote:
im using xfce, the problem is that the icons that i extracted doesn't appear on the list
Yes, I've covered that. They wouldn't be there because it's not an icon theme.

An icon theme would have an index.theme file in the root directory. Specifically, it would conform to these specifications:

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

To use those, I recommend making a copy of an existing icon theme and overwriting the appropriate icons with them.

wakkana12 05-25-2010 09:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan (Post 3981267)
Yes, I've covered that. They wouldn't be there because it's not an icon theme.

An icon theme would have an index.theme file in the root directory. Specifically, it would conform to these specifications:

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

You'll have to change the icons in Xfce on an individual basis if you want to use those. That's what I meant by "change icon" and yes, I should have been more clear on that.
thanks.. ^^
so basically what i should do is to make an index.theme file right? or there's a much easier way?

dugan 05-25-2010 09:48 PM
I edited my post when you were writing yours, specifically to mention the easier way

wakkana12 05-25-2010 09:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan (Post 3981278)
I edited my post when you were writing yours, specifically to mention the easier way
thanks again.. ^^ so all i have to do is to modify the index.theme right? right now i'm reading the link you gave..


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