Hi Aliaksei,

On Feb 3, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Aliaksei Syrel <alex.syrel@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

Since Pharo uses sdl2 (or should use)

https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_SetWindowIcon

Hang on.�� Changing a window's icon is not at all the same as changing the VM's icon.�� Which are we talking about here?�� I thought we were talking about changing the VM icon.

Alex

On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 at 13:27, philippe.back@highoctane.be <philippe.back@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, Windows is still Windows at the core.

Even some Windows 2.0 books can provide insights into its working principles that are hard to find these days.

Anyway, I remember that there is a way to change the icon at runtime but not when listing the exe. Hence Resource editor.

Phil

On Feb 2, 2018 21:17, "Stephane Ducasse" <stepharo.self@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes I did that when I was at University. So clearly dated.


On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 8:40 PM, phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be> wrote:
> For Windows one can change it using a resource editor.
>
> http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
>
> Phil
>
> On Feb 2, 2018 20:33, "Stephane Ducasse" <stepharo.self@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>

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Cheers,

Alex