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From: robert@texas.asd.sgi.com (Robert Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Customizing icons to individual applications
Keywords: iconsmith, customization, .fti files, .rtr files
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Date: 12 Feb 91 18:44:09 GMT
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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.