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- From: francis@ese.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Mac Icons?
- Message-ID: <48039@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 13:22:22 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ogicse.48039
- Sender: news@ogicse.ogi.edu
- Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute - Department of Env. Science and Eng.
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
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- ][francis@ese.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes) writes:]
-
- ]]I would like to convert some Mac icons to OS/2; does anyone know of a
- ]]program that will do this? I haven't seen any posts on this subject and
- ]]no mention is made to this in the FAQ which seems strange since I would
- ]]think this would be a common enough thing to want to do...
- ]
- ]This would be very difficult for the following reasons:
- ]
- ]1) Mac icons are not stored in individual files. They are stored as
- ] resources in other files. Much like the way rc.exe binds icons to
- ]executables, but unlike OS/2, the icons can not stand on their own.
-
- Ah yes, this was a pain, but I did manage to get the file off as well
- as copies of it in EPS and PIC format. I'm still unable to make icons
- from it but I'm closer.
-
- ]2) All mac icons are 32x32, but this is where the similarity ends.
- [stuff deleted]
- ]In short, unless you've a lot of icons to do, you're probably better
- ]off sitting in front of the mac with ResEdit (the resource editor) and
- ]a piece of graph paper and just copy the bitmap that way. I did the
- ]system 7 trash and Mac icons like this.
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- This is probably the best idea. Thanks.
-
- Francis Moraes
-