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    == Summary of the suggested additions ==
    == Summary of the suggested changes and additions ==


    The ones marked with * and should therefore go into the icon naming specification, presented here in a shorter list for a better overview. Including a suggested short description text like needed for inclusion in the spec.
    The ones marked with * and should therefore go into the icon naming specification, presented here in a shorter list for a better overview. Including a suggested short description text like needed for inclusion in the spec.
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      folder-root
      folder-root
       The icon used for the root directory of a filesystem.
       The icon used for the root directory of a filesystem.
    folder -> mimetypes/inode-directory
      ...also, include more explanation about how the icon naming
      specification interacts with the shared MIME info specification,
      and which mimetype icons from there should really be in a
      minimal icon theme like the ones that the naming spec defines.
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    Revision as of 21:06, 22 June 2007

    Specification compliance of icon names

    Icon names without trailing stars already exist in the freedesktop.org icon naming specification.

     file-broken              -> rework into emblems/emblem-unreadable.
                                 Currently only in use by apps/libs as
                                 "image could not be loaded" substitute.
     folder                   OK with the current spec, but it
                                 really belongs to mimetypes as
                                 inode-directory *, in order to
                                 follow the shared MIME info standard.
     folder-home              -> user-home
     folder-red               -> svn cp to folder-root *
     folder-red,
     folder-blue,
     folder-brown,
     folder-cyan,
     folder-green,
     folder-grey,
     folder-orange,
     folder-violet,
     folder-yellow            -> keep for now, but try to bring up some
                                 substitute functionality, like tinting
                                 folders by code, or putting the regular
                                 folder on a colored background.
     folder-bookmarks,
     folder-development,
     folder-html,                
     folder-image,
     folder-important,
     folder-locked,
     folder-print,
     folder-sound,
     folder-tar,
     folder-txt,
     folder-video             -> svn rm
                                 (emulate with folder + emblem overlay)
     link                     -> emblems/emblem-symbolic-link
                                 (blow up to the full icon size)
     network-wired            -> devices/network *
                                 (alternative: devices/network-wired)
     network-local            -> devices/network-local **
                                 (depends on the previous one being
                                  added to the spec, otherwise:
                                  devices/network-wired-local **)
     trashcan-empty-alt       -> svn rm, or move to alternative/
     user-trash               OK
     user-trash-full          OK **
    
     * suggesting this for inclusion into the icon naming specification
     ** not in the spec, but let's keep it out of there anyways,
        it's not really suited to be a standard icon
    

    To do for Oxygen

    Icons that are in the spec, but not yet in Oxygen's places/ (after renaming) so they need to be added. Descriptions taken from the specification.

     folder-remote
       The icon used for normal directories on a remote filesystem.
    
     network-server
       The icon used for individual host machines under the
       “Network Servers” place in the file manager.
       (Editor's note: a computer in a network.)
    
     network-workgroup
       The icon for the “Network Servers” place in the desktop's
       file manager, and workgroups within the network.
       (Editor's note: a workgroup like Windows' "WORKGROUP".)
    
     start-here
       The icon used by the desktop's main menu for accessing places,
       applications, and other features. (Editor's note: Seems like
       we want to move apps/kmenu to places/start-here.)
    
     user-desktop
       The icon for the special “Desktop” directory of the user.
    


    Summary of the suggested changes and additions

    The ones marked with * and should therefore go into the icon naming specification, presented here in a shorter list for a better overview. Including a suggested short description text like needed for inclusion in the spec.

     folder-root
       The icon used for the root directory of a filesystem.
    
     folder -> mimetypes/inode-directory
       ...also, include more explanation about how the icon naming
       specification interacts with the shared MIME info specification,
       and which mimetype icons from there should really be in a
       minimal icon theme like the ones that the naming spec defines.