icons, can we design our own?

[Eva Manolis]

In article <1990Dec12.205303.24632 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, ctt31684 at uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (... C H I N G ...) writes:
|> Hi, I'm wondering if ther is a way to design our own icons on the IRIS
|> graphics WorkSpace.  Like the Mac Icon maker or something like that.
|>   I'm using a Personal IRIS 4D/TG and IRIX 3.2.
|> Thanks.
|> 
|> -Ching
|> -email ching-tai at uiuc.edu
|>    OR  ctt31684 at uxa.cso.uiuc.edu


Of COURSE you can design your own icons, and you can specify
their behavior as well.

You should take at look at the document :
 "Programming the IRIS WorkSpace"
 I believe everyone gets it with the machine, but if you want
another one, the part number is 007-2006-010.

This document describes how you can write 'ftr's ( file type rules )
that describe the looks of icons, and their behavior when you 
double-click, alt-double-click, drop things on icons, how to print them,
and even how to add things to the WorkSpace menu when the icon is selected.
You can write the description of the icon in a GL-like language,
but we also have a graphical tool for drawing icons.
It's called IconSmith, and you can get it by sending a cartridge tape to

	Monica Schulze
	2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.
	Mountain View, CA 94039

thanks, and let us know if you have any questions,
eva

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