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Change mimetype icon
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:08 pm
by Danixu86
Hi, first of all i'm sorry for my english.
My question is about how to change file icons in mimetypes like pdf, doc, xls... I've tried to search in google for a long time trying some things and i've tried assogiate too, but i can't change that icons.
Someone knows how i can change a mimetype icon?
Thanks!!
Re: Change mimetype icon
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:16 pm
by Rex Bouwense
Re: Change mimetype icon
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:18 pm
by Danixu86
Sorry for take so long, i was bussy. That is the only that i've not done
, i did something similar but didn't work, then i've avoid that.
I'll report my feedback
Thanks!!
Re: Change mimetype icon
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:07 pm
by vasa1
I could be wrong here but because of "My question is about how to
change file icons in mimetypes like pdf, doc, xls...", I think OP just wants to replace some existing icons with others. If that is so, OP will have to locate where such icons are stored.
In Lubuntu, icon themes are in
/usr/share/icons. In there, there are folders for the various icon themes available. I see:
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/usr/share/icons $ ls
default DOCS HighContrast locolor Tango
DMZ-Black gnome Humanity lubuntu
DMZ-White hicolor Humanity-Dark Lubuntu-dark-panel
/usr/share/icons $
If I look within the
lubuntu folder, there are various categories:
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/usr/share/icons/lubuntu $ ls
actions apps devices icon-theme.cache mimes places symbolic
animations categories emblems index.theme panel status
/usr/share/icons/lubuntu $
Note the
mimes folder. That's where you find the icons you wish to change. I'm assuming you have some replacement icons. First backup the mimes folder and then
sudo mv the appropriately named and sized icons you want into each of the subfolders.
I have done exactly that but my icon theme is in ~/.icons so that I don't need sudo.
If OP is using Wine the above may not apply. I have no idea about Wine.
Re: Change mimetype icon
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:21 pm
by vasa1
In case anyone is curious, I wanted to learn a little about svg which is the format used in the Lubuntu icon set. The nice thing about svg is that it's very easy to take apart and examine. I did that for some of the "heavier" icons. For example, /usr/share/icons/lubuntu/mimes/24/audio-x-generic.svg is 35.6 kiB. By editing the svg file I brought it down to just to 461 bytes; I did that by "scouring" the svg file and then removing various aspects that weren't important to me. So most of my icons are minimal with a "symbolic" look.