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Change preview icon

worron edited this page Jun 10, 2018 · 1 revision

ACYLS has one or more preview icon for every icon group and one icon for filter editor.

Change Preview Icon for Certain Icons Group

Preview icons collected in scripts/preview directory. Group membership defined by directory structure, not by icon name. All you need is replace icon in certain folder.

For example, to change icon for "Emblems" group

$ cd ~/.icons/ACYLS/
$ rm scripts/preview/custom/emblems/emblem-nowrite.svg
$ cp scalable/real_icons/emblems/emblem-noread.svg scripts/preview/custom/emblems/

How to Find Where Preview Icon for Certain Group Placed?

All icon group settings defined in scripts/data/user/config.ini configuration file. For example, emblems group described in IconGroup2 section

[IconGroup2]
# Group name
name = Emblems
emptydir = scripts/preview/unknown
# Preview icon directory
testdirs = scripts/preview/custom/emblems
realdirs = scalable/real_icons/emblems
pairdir = scripts/preview/main
pairsw = True
custom = False

Filter Editor Preview

There is also one preview icon for filter editor. It's defined by the same way using directory, so can be changed in configuration file section Editor and preview option.

[Editor]
preview = scripts/preview/main