CHANGING ICON THEMES

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The Inkscape icons are read from the file 'icons.svg' that resides in the same

directory as this README.

If you want to try a new theme, create a folder named 'icons' in your personal

Inkscape folder (under Linux/Unix: $HOME/.inkscape), copy the file containing

the alternative theme in that folder and rename it to icons.svg. The next time

Inkscape is run the alternative icons will be loaded.

CREATING A NEW ICON THEME

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To create a new theme or simply modify some icons you need to make sure each

icon is assigned the correct ID (its name). Opening 'icons.svg' in Inkscape and

selecting an icon will display its ID in the XML editor (Shift+Ctrl+X).

The simplest way to proceed is to work on a copy of the icons.svg file and

modify each icon one after the other, using the XML editor to adapt its ID.

For example, if you've drawn a new pen icon, select it on the canvas, then open

the XML editor. The node corresponding to the pen icon will be highlighted.

Click on its ID in the upper right panel of the XML editor. The bottom right

panel will display something like 'g2570'. Change that value to 'draw_pen' and

click the 'Set' button.

For any questions relating to icon themes, please contact:

Jean-François Lemaire (jflemaire@skynet.be).