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- CHANGING ICON THEMES
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- The Inkscape icons are read from the file 'icons.svg' that resides in the same
- directory as this README.
-
- If you want to try a new theme, create a folder named 'icons' in your personal
- Inkscape folder (under Linux/Unix: $HOME/.inkscape), copy the file containing
- the alternative theme in that folder and rename it to icons.svg. The next time
- Inkscape is run the alternative icons will be loaded.
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- CREATING A NEW ICON THEME
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- To create a new theme or simply modify some icons you need to make sure each
- icon is assigned the correct ID (its name). Opening 'icons.svg' in Inkscape and
- selecting an icon will display its ID in the XML editor (Shift+Ctrl+X).
-
- The simplest way to proceed is to work on a copy of the icons.svg file and
- modify each icon one after the other, using the XML editor to adapt its ID.
-
- For example, if you've drawn a new pen icon, select it on the canvas, then open
- the XML editor. The node corresponding to the pen icon will be highlighted.
- Click on its ID in the upper right panel of the XML editor. The bottom right
- panel will display something like 'g2570'. Change that value to 'draw_pen' and
- click the 'Set' button.
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- For any questions relating to icon themes, please contact:
- Jean-François Lemaire (jflemaire@skynet.be).