Pidgin Icons

[Kevin M Stange]

Gary Kramlich wrote:
> Ethan Blanton wrote:
>> Eion Robb spake unto us the following wisdom:
>>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:03:41 +1300, Sean Egan <seanegan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Nope. Only Windows would understand the multi-sized .ico files, and
>>>> the .svg files don't allow pixel-perfect rendering at tiny sizes.
>>> Ok, what about a different format of mipmap, like a png with different  
>>> sized icons in it?  Wikipedia has an example of what I'm meaning at  
>>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/MipMap_Example_STS101.jpg
>> Again, nothing understands this format, so shipping it is not a
>> benefit.  We have to work with the "standards" that various desktop
>> environments support.
> 
> Although I'm sure gtk would welcome a patch to update their png pixbuf
> loader to handle those.
> 

Of course, it would remain impossible for us to ship only that format
until we stopped supporting GTK < the version with that pixbuf support.

Kevin

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