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[Idea] Icons - Menu, Drive and Folders
Posted: 2006-11-01, 12:29 UTC
by blacky
Posted: 2006-11-01, 17:04 UTC
by PeaceMaker
Good idea!
Posted: 2006-11-01, 17:51 UTC
by Dalai
I think, this is a necessity because the new icons in the listbox are IMO totally ugly (mainly on Windows 2000 in comparison with the other icons like DLL, TXT etc)!
See this:
http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/bifi82/PublicFolder/tc7pb1_2.png
Support++
CU Dalai
Posted: 2006-11-01, 18:19 UTC
by StickyNomad
You can already change the icons displayed in the file list (and drivebar) in WINCMD.INI
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[Configuration]
IconLib=c:\totalcmd\iconlib.icl
drivelib=c:\totalcmd\Drivebar.dll
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Dalai
Surely the look of the new icons is also a matter of taste, but I designed them to have a bit more modern look than those in ol' Win2k. But as I said, you can change the icons already if you don't like them.
Posted: 2006-11-01, 18:36 UTC
by Stiltzkin
StickyNomad wrote:You can already change the icons displayed in the file list (and drivebar) in WINCMD.INI
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[Configuration]
IconLib=c:\totalcmd\iconlib.icl
drivelib=c:\totalcmd\Drivebar.dll
i think he knows that.
i also suppose that the '[Configuration]
IconLib=whatever.icl' command is on of the most used ini-file settings, so i really would appreciate a integration in the regular options-dialogue like suggested above.
Posted: 2006-11-01, 18:38 UTC
by Dalai
You can already change the icons displayed in the file list (and drivebar) in WINCMD.INI
Ahh, I didn't know this!
Is there a smaller icon file available, so that I don't have to use the "large" totalcmd.exe of version 6.x?
Surely the look of the new icons is also a matter of taste
That's right. But wouldn't it be better, if you use the system's icons for BAT, EXE (without own icon) and other unassociated file types?
IconLib=whatever.icl' command is on of the most used ini-file settings, so i really would appreciate a integration in the regular options-dialog like suggested above.
That would be even better!
As I said, Support++.
CU Dalai
Posted: 2006-11-01, 18:57 UTC
by StickyNomad
2
Dalai
Is there a smaller icon file available, so that I don't have to use the "large" totalcmd.exe of version 6.x?
Look here
But wouldn't it be better, if you use the system's icons for BAT, EXE (without own icon) and other unassociated file types?
Well, TC has always used his internal icons for unregistered filetypes etc. in the file list. The icons used until now (and those in the above lib) were taken by the author from some older Windows version, as they can be used royalty free.
XP's icons can't legally be used in another application AFAIK, so TC is shipped with its own icons.
IIRC correctly there exist some technical issues preventing to use the curent OS's icons in the file lists.
Posted: 2006-11-01, 19:16 UTC
by Dalai
OK, this is not bad, but
Quote from the readme.txt:
"On hicolor or truecolor screens, Totalcmd will have 256 color icons for folders, archives AND the main (floppy disk) icon."
Is there a truecolor library avaiable?
StickyNomad wrote:
IIRC correctly there exist some technical issues preventing to use the curent OS's icons in the file lists.
That's a pitty, because that would be the best solution IMO.
CU Dalai
Posted: 2006-11-01, 19:29 UTC
by StickyNomad
2
Dalai
Is there a truecolor library avaiable?
Sure. You can check for example the well-known TC plugins and resources-page
totalcmd.net
I think you misunderstood the statement you quoted from the readme a bit. This doesn't mean TC is limited to 256 colors, but is capable of showing 256 or more color icons on high-/truecolor depth. This Lib is quite a few years old, when there mainly 16-color icons were the status quo...
Posted: 2006-11-01, 19:45 UTC
by Dalai
StickyNomad wrote:2
Dalai
Is there a truecolor library avaiable?
Sure. You can check for example the well-known TC plugins and resources-page
totalcmd.net
OK, will look there later.
StickyNomad wrote:
I think you misunderstood the statement you quoted from the readme a bit. This doesn't mean TC is limited to 256 colors, but is capable of showing 256 or more color icons on high-/truecolor depth. This Lib is quite a few years old, when there mainly 16-color icons were the status quo...
I quoted the statement because the icons from the ICL look different than those from the v6 EXE. The archive icons are a little bit red instead of fully yellow.
So I assumed that the lib is not really truecolor.
CU Dalai
Posted: 2006-11-01, 21:20 UTC
by Dalai
StickyNomad wrote:2
Dalai
Sure. You can check for example the well-known TC plugins and resources-page
totalcmd.net
Looked, but didn't find anything that looks like the icons used in TC6.
The
Object icons TC WinClassic 0.8 are not really classic, the download of
TCIcons 1.0 is broken and the rest is more like xp or office 2k3.
Oh, btw, the ICL you mentioned and linked above is really 8 bit! Thats why it looks a bit ugly on truecolor monitor.
Anyway, thanks to StickyNomad for the note on IconLib option in INI file!
CU Dalai
Posted: 2006-11-03, 16:39 UTC
by blacky
and upp
Posted: 2006-11-17, 20:41 UTC
by blacky
and up again
Posted: 2006-11-17, 21:00 UTC
by Sir_SiLvA
Worst poll ever as
"Shold the User can change the iconthemes ?"
is a dumb question as mentioned above is allready possible...
and how often do you change the icons

Once
