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Old 05-25-2010, 01:52 AM   #1
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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
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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/.
 
Old 05-25-2010, 01:58 AM   #2
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Which specific theme?

The standard procedure is just:

Code:
cd ~/.icons
tar xf /path/to/icons.tar.t?z
 
Old 05-25-2010, 02:01 AM   #3
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Which specific theme?

The standard procedure is just:

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

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

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Old 05-25-2010, 08:46 PM   #5
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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?

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Old 05-25-2010, 09:39 PM   #6
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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.

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Old 05-25-2010, 09:45 PM   #7
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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?
 
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I edited my post when you were writing yours, specifically to mention the easier way
 
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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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