Re: Windows .ICO file creator/convertor for Linux?

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 23:29:29 -0500 ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com> imparted to
us:

> On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 23:11:22 -0500 ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com> imparted
> to
> us:
> 
> > On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 23:36:07 -0400 (EDT) "Anthony E. Greene"
> > <agreene pobox com> imparted to us:
> > 
> > Try this. I never used the recommended software. But, I downloaded
> it
> > a
> > long time ago to test and just never did.
> > 
> > http://www.xoomhacker.com/favicon.html
> 
> I jumped off the deep end thinking it was shallow. The progam listed
> is
> for 'Doze and is _NOT_ the one that I was thinking of.
> 
> The one I was originally thinking of is here:
> 
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/convert/!INDEX.html
> 
> It's called ico2xpm and it only works ico->xpm.
> 
> To do it the other way (I've never tried this) netpbm claims it can do
> some conversions that would get you there. You could create a bmp file
> (or use one of the convertors to make it bmp after creating something
> else, like xpm), use bmptoppm to make it a ppm file, then use
> ppmtowinicon to make it compatible with 'Doze (i.e. IE5).
> 
> There might be a faster/easier way. I did a quick reading of the
> manpage
> and that was what I gathered from it. There may even be other programs
> that I'm unaware of. Possibly even a way to hack ico2xpm and make it
> go
> the other way.
> 
> Sorry for the initial misleading information. Maybe the current
> misleading information will help to make up for it.

Now for my final bit of misleading information for tonight.

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/cooker/contrib/RPMS/xpm2wico-0.2.1-2mdk.i586.html

Hope that doesn't wrap badly. Download the file there, install it and
try it. It installs clean and appears to work. I did an icon that was
originally *.xpm, copied it to my NT box and it turned out fine. A
couple of things that might be considered:

1. Graphically it was great. I don't vouch for coloring. It looked a
little green on the NT box (which admittedly doesn't have the best
graphic card in it). On the linux box it's 16X16 (on a 1400Xwhatever
screen) and I can't be sure it isn't a bit greenish on this machine.

2. There's no way to size it. I don't know what size it's ending up, but
it looks like the same size as other 'Doze-like icons. Might not be the
right size, but still worth trying out.

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