Re: Fancy icon for ipython.exe

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Hi Robert,

The exe is auto-generated by pip, so we can't set the icon.

Best wishes,
Thomas

On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, 3:17 a.m. Robert Vanden Eynde, <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Currently on windows the ipython.exe and ipython3.exe do not have a
> special icon, they have the python launcher icon, which is itself very
> close to the IDLE icon.
>
> Beginners like to have shortcuts in the Windows bar and are confused if
> different programs have the same icon.
>
> I imagine a simple icon of a console (like cmd) with a python icon on it.
> One could also use the IPython logo but this one is lacking the python
> snake. I imagine it to be like the python logo but with a small difference,
> to be like "INTERACTIVE python", or "ENHANCED python terminal".
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<div dir=3D"auto">Hi Robert,<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">T=
he exe is auto-generated by pip, so we can&#39;t set the icon.</div><div di=
r=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Best wishes,</div><div dir=3D"auto">=
Thomas</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, 6=
 Jul 2018, 3:17 a.m. Robert Vanden Eynde, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:robertvande=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px=
 #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Currently on windows the ipython.exe and ipython3.exe do =
not have a special icon, they have the python launcher icon, which is itsel=
f very close to the IDLE icon.
<div dir=3D"auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Beginners like to have shortcuts in the Windows bar and a=
re confused if different programs have the same icon.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">I imagine a simple icon of a console (like cmd) with a py=
thon icon on it. One could also use the IPython logo but this one is lackin=
g the python snake. I imagine it to be like the python logo but with a smal=
l difference, to be like &quot;INTERACTIVE
 python&quot;, or &quot;ENHANCED python terminal&quot;.</div>
</div>
</div>

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