bug#60669: closed (Linux Emacs 27.1 custom toolbar icons)

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regarding Linux Emacs 27.1 custom toolbar icons
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> Linux Emacs 27.1 custom toolbar icons
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> Sun, 8 Jan 2023 13:01:26 -0800
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> The Emacs 27.1 provided (apt-get install) by Ubuntu 22.04 reduces 
> support for custom toolbar icons. It only works with B/W pbm files and 
> only if located in /usr/share/emacs/27.1/etc/images and only if there 
> isn't an xpm file with the same base name. i.e. name.pbm works but not 
> if there is a name.xpm in the directory. If these conditions are not met 
> nothing is displayed.
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> This does not seem to be baked into Emacs 27.1 because these 
> restrictions don't exist in Windows Emacs 27.1. They are also not 
> inherent in Linux because they don't exist in Linux Emacs 26.1.
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> There are two serious problems with these seemingly unnecessary changes. 
> B/W icons reduce not just the aesthetic quality but also subtle visual 
> clues that help an icon convey its meaning. Accepting only icons in the 
> version-numbered installation directory means that custom icons are 
> wiped out by upgrading Emacs.
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> The installer program I provide with my Emacs library stores its (xpm) 
> icons in ~/icons (a directory created by my installer). My library 
> accesses these by e.g.
> (tool-bar-add-item "~/icons/lxa-pin"
> Linux Emacs 27.1 is the only version in which this does not work. To 
> test whether it does not like that the directory is relatively insecure, 
> I tried moving my icons to /usr/local but they were still ignored. In 
> all other versions, adding the xpm extension to the reference causes it 
> to fail but I tested this anyway and it accomplished nothing.
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> Re: bug#60669: Linux Emacs 27.1 custom toolbar icons
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> Sun, 3 Sep 2023 02:41:11 -0700
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> >> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 13:01:26 -0800
> >> From: David McCracken <davidm@ixont.com>
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> >> The Emacs 27.1 provided (apt-get install) by Ubuntu 22.04 reduces
> >> support for custom toolbar icons. It only works with B/W pbm files and
> >> only if located in /usr/share/emacs/27.1/etc/images and only if there
> >> isn't an xpm file with the same base name. i.e. name.pbm works but not
> >> if there is a name.xpm in the directory. If these conditions are not met
> >> nothing is displayed.
> >>
> >> This does not seem to be baked into Emacs 27.1 because these
> >> restrictions don't exist in Windows Emacs 27.1. They are also not
> >> inherent in Linux because they don't exist in Linux Emacs 26.1.
> >>
> >> There are two serious problems with these seemingly unnecessary changes.
> >> B/W icons reduce not just the aesthetic quality but also subtle visual
> >> clues that help an icon convey its meaning. Accepting only icons in the
> >> version-numbered installation directory means that custom icons are
> >> wiped out by upgrading Emacs.
> >>
> >> The installer program I provide with my Emacs library stores its (xpm)
> >> icons in ~/icons (a directory created by my installer). My library
> >> accesses these by e.g.
> >> (tool-bar-add-item "~/icons/lxa-pin"
> >> Linux Emacs 27.1 is the only version in which this does not work. To
> >> test whether it does not like that the directory is relatively insecure,
> >> I tried moving my icons to /usr/local but they were still ignored. In
> >> all other versions, adding the xpm extension to the reference causes it
> >> to fail but I tested this anyway and it accomplished nothing.
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> > Can you please show a reproducible recipe, starting from "emacs -Q",
> > that exhibits the problem you are describing?  I don't think I
> > understand what exactly doesn't work in your case.
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> > Also, please use "M-x report-emacs-bug" to post the details, as that
> > command collects important details about the Emacs build configuration
> > that make investigation easier.
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> > Thanks.
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> More information was requested, but none was given within 9 months, so
> I'm closing this bug.  If this is still an issue, please reply to this
> email (use "Reply to all" in your email client) and we can reopen the
> bug report.
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