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Re: SETUP: default to mintty


On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 05:52:32PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jul 27 16:15, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 27 July 2011 10:43, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> > On Jul 27 09:07, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >> On 27 July 2011 08:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >> > On Jul 27 08:24, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >> >> On 26 July 2011 20:52, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> >> >> > On 7/26/2011 3:36 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >> >> >>> What about modernizing the Cygwin icon?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I quite like Chuck's take on this.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Err...what's my take, again? <g>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I meant cygicons-0.dll,9.
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes, I like that one, too. ??we could use it as the default 48x48 and
>> >> > 64x64 icons. ??Per the MSFT guidelines in
>> >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx#size, smaller
>> >> > sizes should stick to a 2D look. ??Maybe we can simply use the old
>> >> > icon for these sizes?
>> >>
>> >> The way I understand it, I think it's just that they shouldn't use
>> >> perspective. Compare for example the drive icons in the "Computer"
>> >> window, where they appear tilted in the main part of the window, but
>> >> straight-on at 16x16 in the sidebar. The small icons do still have
>> >> some depth to them.
>> >
>> > Well, ok. ??I was just thinking that at 16x16 there's no such thing
>> > as edginess. ??And at that size an icon should make a rather clear,
>> > simple impression.
>> 
>> FWIW, 'cygicons-0.dll,9' looks better to me even at 16x16, not least
>> because of the anti-aliasing. Also, it's this size that appears in the
>> upper-left corner of windows, and I think it's good to have this
>> correspond closely to the 32x32 icon appearing in the Windows 7
>> taskbar.
>
>Fine with me.

I haven't really been following this discussion but I'm fine with
whatever you all decide.

cgf


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