Would it be possible to change the icon without having to compile a new VM?

To me the current setup looks so monolithic and dated.
I would expect that somebody can deploy a application with its own
logo by just providing some new resources.

Stef

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:07 PM, <Vincent.Blondeau@lamresearch.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to know how to change the main Pharo window icon. I saw that
>> there is a primitive for the title:
>> DisplayScreen class�� >> primitiveWindowTitle:string: ; primitive:
>> 'primitiveHostWindowTitle' module:'HostWindowPlugin'
>> but I cannot find one for the icon.
>> Should another primitive need to be implemented?
>
>
> The icon is baked into the VM executable.�� So to change it one has to build
> a VM with a different icon.
>
> On Windows it is in
>�� �� ��{build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.ico
> and the file that specifies to use Pharo.ico is
>�� �� ��{build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.rc
>
> On Mac OS X it is in
>�� �� ��platforms/iOS/vm/OSX/Pharo.icns
> (alongside three others such as PharoImage.icns)
> and the file that specifies to use Pharo.icns is
>�� �� ��{build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Makefile
> in setting the VM variable.�� The file that associates the other icons with
> specific file types is
>�� �� ��platforms/iOS//vm/OSX/Pharo-Info.plist
>
> If you're changing the Pharo icon let me suggest you update the icon files
> themselves in the opensmalltalk-vm source tree.
>
> If you're creating a new variant of the VM for some new purpose (say a
> special Lam VM) then let me suggest you add the icons to the
> opensmalltalk-vm source tree, creating special build directories for these
> VMs, such as {build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/lam.pharo.cog.spur/
>
> If you want to do this privately, then take either of the approaches above
> and simply don't publish the edits.�� You can write a script that takes an
> updated checked-out opensmalltalk-vm source tree and edits it with files
> from a specific repository.�� I have such scripts and can help you with them.
> Hint, pax is a very convenient directory hierarchy copying tool available at
> least on Mac OS X.�� pax -rwlk will copy the trees under a sequence of
> directories into their corresponding places in a target tree.
>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Vincent
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot