Despite the steady reports of mono icons appearing for programs on sites like OMG! Ubuntu!, the popular XChat still seems to be missing a mono icon.
In addition to that. how can we recommend it for inclusion into the repository package?
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What do you mean by a "mono" indicator? – nickguletskii Jun 18 '11 at 11:50
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Mono as in black and white that goes with Ubuntu's mono icon theme. – mhmhmhmh Jun 18 '11 at 11:55
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@nickguletskii, it's as @miloshadzic says. – Oxwivi Jun 18 '11 at 13:36
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@nickguletskii, no. See the default appindicators of Ubuntu in the default theme are all white in colour. I want XChat's icon white as well, otherwise it looks foreign. – Oxwivi Jun 18 '11 at 16:19
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@nickguletskii, er... there's no icon at all in the screen shot. In any case, I'm simply looking for an icon, nothing beyond that. – Oxwivi Jun 18 '11 at 16:26
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@nickguletskii, I'm simply looking for a mono icon, I don't need XChat inside messaging menu or anything. – Oxwivi Jun 18 '11 at 16:33
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@Oxwivi Oh, I see, I just thought you wanted an indicator... Sorry. Time to install xchat then! – nickguletskii Jun 18 '11 at 16:34
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Use the mono icon
You will need administrator privileges (gksu, sudo, etc) to apply system-wide.
- Save the mono icon, shown above.
- Go to Terminal or press Alt+F2 execute this command
gksu nautilus. - Navigate to the directory
/user/share. - Paste the icon you downloaded into it.
Restart XChat if running.
I think it's bug but you won't be ale to see the icon immediately, you need to click where it's supposed to appear first.
Create mono icons
Requirements
- Inkscape
- Administrator privileges (
sudo,gksu, etc)
Method
- Open the terminal, type in
gksu nautilus. This will launch Nautilus with superuser privileges. - Go to
/usr/share/, and create a directory calledxchatthere. - Go to
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/24/and open upxchat-panel.svgin Inkscape (as superuser too, open from the superuser Nautilus Window opened in first step). - On the menu, go to File, then Export Bitmap...
- Click on Page, then make the Width and Height input boxes have a value of 48.
- Click on Browse. Navigate to
/usr/share/then selectxchat.pngand save. - Export.
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Can you post the resulting icon on Devianart or something? Instead of doing it over, it'd be easier to share and of course you'll get the credit. :) – Oxwivi Jun 18 '11 at 17:31
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