Re: [PATCH v3] wmaker: Consistent configuration options.

Doug Torrance <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:52:20 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.compw.window-managers.windowmaker.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 03/22/2017 06:44 AM, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2017, Doug Torrance wrote:
>> Some of the paths in IconPath and PixmapPath have been removed.  In
>> particular, the various system pixmap paths (/usr/include/X11/pixmaps,
>> /usr/share/pixmaps, and /usr/local/share/pixmaps) have been removed in
>> favor of PIXMAPDIR, which is specified by the user at build.  Also,
>> /usr/share/icons has been removed from IconPath.  The root of this
>> directory will contain very few icons, as the icons themselves are
>> located
>> in subdirectories corresponding to XDG icon themes.
>
> I don't think this is a good idea because then it's not possible to
> specify icon paths at runtime. Compile time option is less flexible and
> only allows to set one value so I think these options should be kept.
> (Otherwise some users will see missing icons after upgrade as well.)

It's definitely possible to change the icon paths at runtime -- edit 
IconPath in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker or use the Search Path 
Configuration panel in WPrefs.

Doug


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