ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Lee M. Ahlstrom) (02/12/91)
Greetings,
I am in need of a bit of help from someone who is familiar with
using iconsmith on the PI. My problem is this: I have an
application called wind which at the moment is displayed in
the workspace as a generic executable icon. I've used
the iconsmith application to create both an open and a
closed version of icons named 'wind.open.fti' and
'wind.closed.fti'. No problems so far.
Then I checked out the document README.to.create.icons in
my /usr/people/4Dgifts/iristools/icon directory and also
the README.to.install.icons. The second document tells
how to install an icon or icons you've just created, but it's
not the clearest thing in the world, and I was wondering
if someone has been able to figure it out.
Here's what I did:
1) Create wind.open.fti and wind.closed.fti files.
2) copied a version of the /usr/libtype/filetype/templates
document 'template.exec.rtr' to a file called 'wind.rtr'.
3) Edited 'wind.rtr' and replaced the paths for the open
and closed version of the icon.
4) changed the 'include("youricon.fti")' to
'include("wind.fti")'
[I'm fairly confused about that one and won't be
surprised if it's totally wrong.]
5) Copied the makefile and modified the following
variables:
RTR_FILES to = wind.rtr
TARGETS to = path.rtr
6) Typed 'make install'
7) Didn't become surprised when no changes
in the icons occurred.
If anyone has used this procedure and can help me with it,
I'd truly appreciate it!
Thanks,
Lee Ahlstrom
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Lee Ahlstrom ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
Center For Composite Materials
University of Delaware
*************************************************************robert@texas.asd.sgi.com (Robert Skinner) (02/13/91)
In article <44350@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Lee M. Ahlstrom) writes: |> |> Here's what I did: |> |> 1) Create wind.open.fti and wind.closed.fti files. |> |> 2) copied a version of the /usr/libtype/filetype/templates |> document 'template.exec.rtr' to a file called 'wind.rtr'. |> |> 3) Edited 'wind.rtr' and replaced the paths for the open |> and closed version of the icon. |> |> 4) changed the 'include("youricon.fti")' to |> 'include("wind.fti")' |> [I'm fairly confused about that one and won't be |> surprised if it's totally wrong.] |> |> 5) Copied the makefile and modified the following |> variables: |> |> RTR_FILES to = wind.rtr |> TARGETS to = path.rtr |> 6) Typed 'make install' |> |> 7) Didn't become surprised when no changes |> in the icons occurred. |> |> |> If anyone has used this procedure and can help me with it, |> I'd truly appreciate it! |> |> Thanks, |> Lee Ahlstrom |> |> |> ************************************************************* |> Lee Ahlstrom ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu |> Center For Composite Materials |> University of Delaware |> ************************************************************* You need to restart the workspace after making new icons. If that doesn't work, I'll refer you to the workspace gurus. Robert Skinner robert@sgi.com Something wonderful is going to happen.