Re: [Fxruby-users] Icons: Are any standard? where?

[Lyle J. <jl...@cf...>]

Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:

> Is [calling them "stock" icons] perjorative?

Oh, no, and I didn't take it that way. I guess I thought you were asking 
something like, "Is there some set of standard icons that everyone knows 
that you're supposed to use in FOX icons?" -- and the answer to that 
question is no, just use whatever looks good to you ;)

> I did see a few, but no evidence of a central place to keep them,
> etc.

Exactly my point ;) You are free to use anything there, but they aren't 
"official" or anything.

> True, but I need [an icon-editing] program from a reputable community, I bet Icon
> editors and similar are a good way to pickup spyware...  The GNU
> imaging programs, OTOH, seem to go:
> get gtk+, which requires libungif, which requires libpng, which
> requires zlib which I can't get to build.
> [Harris, R: "The Court of King Caractacus"] :-)

OK, that's a good point. What Linux distro are you using that doesn't 
come with the GIMP pre-installed, though? Or at least available as a 
installable package? Note that I'm not "pushing" the GIMP on you, but it 
would surely do the trick (in a sledgehammer sort of fashion ;)

On Windows, I think I used to use one called Michelangelo (sp?) but I 
couldn't tell you if it's still around, if it was shareware versus 
freeware, etc.

> Tried that [looking for free icons], but I've found it difficult
 > to search the licencing aspects as well as the image with Google.
 > Maybe a better engine exists for this pupose?

Sorry, don't know if such an engine exists.