On Feb 20, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
Jon A. Cruz wrote:
Oh, but this will break a main intent we have.
The "intent" as I understand is to use a single file as the source for all scalable icons, for the designer's convenience. In that case the workflow can be preserved by creating a script that will extract the necessary discrete icons. I think this could be done using a clever XSLT transform.
No, no. That's a completely separate issue.
The primary reason for allowing Inkscape to render its own icons is that Inkscape usually does a better job of it. Only slightly less important is that Inkscape can have custom tweaks done to maximize the benefit of SVG.
We've been working on things for some time with the Tango people to be able to give them a nicer icon experience.
We're still at the point where most of the serious icon artists create in SVG but have to deploy in multiple PNG versions per icon due to the runtime limitations of current display engines.