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- iconsmith - an interactive tool for editing polygon-based icons
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- IconSmith is an interactive drawing editor for artwork created from two-
- dimensional polygons. This artwork is used in file-typing rules to
- create icons for the IRIX 5.X and 6.X Indigo Magic Desktop and the 6.5
- IRIX Interactive Desktop graphical user interface (see the _I_I_D(_1_G)
- reference page). The _f_f_t_r(_1) compiler and the older _f_t_r(_1) compiler
- combine this artwork with IRIX commands specified in file-typing rules to
- produce icons. See the _f_f_t_r(_1) reference page for full details.
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- IconSmith data files are text files written in a graphics language
- similar to the GL interface in C. This language is described in the
- _f_f_t_r(_1) reference page. IconSmith saves its files in the GL-like
- language for you; you don't need to know anything about that language to
- use IconSmith to draw icons.
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- Sample IconSmith data files can be found under the /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_f_i_l_e_t_y_p_e
- directory, in subdirectories named _i_c_o_n_l_i_b. By convention, files created
- in IconSmith should have ....ffffttttiiii as a filename suffix.
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- IconSmith is intended for use by graphics artists during application
- development, not by end users, because you need root privileges to add
- new icons to the system and because every icon is used across the system
- rather than by a particular user. To use your artwork as an icon in the
- IRIX Interactive Desktop, you need to define a file-typing rule to
- control the icon's behavior (for example, when the user double-clicks the
- icon to open it, or when the user drops the icon onto another icon). See
- the _f_f_t_r(_1) reference page and the _I_R_I_X _I_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e _D_e_s_k_t_o_p _I_n_t_e_g_r_a_t_i_o_n
- _G_u_i_d_e for more information about creating icons and using them in the
- IRIX Interactive Desktop.
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- Icon designing guidelines can also be found in the _I_R_I_X _I_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e
- _D_e_s_k_t_o_p _I_n_t_e_g_r_a_t_i_o_n _G_u_i_d_e. These include such tips as
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- * Draw within the icon boundary (outlined in royal blue)
- to ensure all of the artwork appears on the Desktop.
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- * Use Icon color liberally as a fill color, to ensure
- your icon responds visually to mouse events. (The
- color named Icon available from the IconSmith palette
- differs from white in that it responds to user input.)
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- * Draw your icon on isometric (slanted) axes to make
- it appear three-dimensional, like all other Desktop
- icons. IconSmith starts up with an isometric grid
- by default.
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- Press the IconSmith Help button for brief instructions about using
- IconSmith itself. Detailed IconSmith instructions can be found in the
- _I_R_I_X _I_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e _D_e_s_k_t_o_p _I_n_t_e_g_r_a_t_i_o_n _G_u_i_d_e.
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- IconSmith interprets the following options:
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- Display _t_e_m_p_l_a_t_e_F_i_l_e in the IconSmith background for reference
- while creating or editing artwork in the IconSmith foreground.
- The template file does not get changed or saved when you change
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- _e_d_i_t_F_i_l_e
- Display _e_d_i_t_F_i_l_e as the artwork to be edited in the IconSmith
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- The _g_e_n_e_r_i_c*._f_t_i files listed below have special visual meaning in the
- IRIX Interactive Desktop. You can use these files as templates while
- designing artwork in IconSmith, to make sure the artwork looks centered
- and does not obscure the generic elements below. Then you can write a
- file-typing rule to use these generic files along with your artwork, such
- that the generic elements appear beneath your artwork in the resulting
- icon.
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- The _g_e_n_e_r_i_c._e_x_e_c.*._f_t_i files are the "magic carpets" that appear in every
- executable icon on the Desktop. For examples, select the Find toolchest,
- then choose Applications to bring up the iconcatalog page showing
- application icons.
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- The _g_e_n_e_r_i_c._p_a_n_e_l.*._f_t_i files are used in a similar way as the magic
- carpets, but for customization panels, which are applications that
- customize aspects of the user's environment. For examples, select the
- Find toolchest, then choose Control Panels to bring up the iconcatalog
- page showing all customization panel icons.
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- The _g_e_n_e_r_i_c._d_o_c._f_t_i file is used in icons that represent data files.
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- /usr/lib/filetype/iconlib/*.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/iconlib/generic.exec.closed.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/iconlib/generic.exec.open.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/iconlib/generic.doc.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/system/iconlib/*.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/system/iconlib/generic.panel.closed.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/system/iconlib/generic.panel.open.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/default/iconlib/*.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/vadmin/iconlib/*.fti
- /usr/lib/filetype/local/iconlib/*.fti
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- /usr/lib/filetype/install/iconlib/*.fti
- /usr/lib/envm/iconsmith.hlp
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- IID(1G), fm(1G), dirview(1X), fftr(1), _I_R_I_S _E_s_s_e_n_t_i_a_l_s, _I_R_I_X _I_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e
- _D_e_s_k_t_o_p _I_n_t_e_g_r_a_t_i_o_n _G_u_i_d_e.
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