Change Pharo window icon

Would it be possible to change the icon without having to compile a new VM?
To me the current setup looks so monolithic and dated.
I would expect that somebody can deploy a application with its own
logo by just providing some new resources.

Stef

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Eliot Miranda <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:07 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to know how to change the main Pharo window icon. I saw that
>> there is a primitive for the title:
>> DisplayScreen class  >> primitiveWindowTitle:string: ; primitive:
>> 'primitiveHostWindowTitle' module:'HostWindowPlugin'
>> but I cannot find one for the icon.
>> Should another primitive need to be implemented?
>
>
> The icon is baked into the VM executable.  So to change it one has to build
> a VM with a different icon.
>
> On Windows it is in
>     {build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.ico
> and the file that specifies to use Pharo.ico is
>     {build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.rc
>
> On Mac OS X it is in
>     platforms/iOS/vm/OSX/Pharo.icns
> (alongside three others such as PharoImage.icns)
> and the file that specifies to use Pharo.icns is
>     {build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Makefile
> in setting the VM variable.  The file that associates the other icons with
> specific file types is
>     platforms/iOS//vm/OSX/Pharo-Info.plist
>
> If you're changing the Pharo icon let me suggest you update the icon files
> themselves in the opensmalltalk-vm source tree.
>
> If you're creating a new variant of the VM for some new purpose (say a
> special Lam VM) then let me suggest you add the icons to the
> opensmalltalk-vm source tree, creating special build directories for these
> VMs, such as {build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/lam.pharo.cog.spur/
>
> If you want to do this privately, then take either of the approaches above
> and simply don't publish the edits.  You can write a script that takes an
> updated checked-out opensmalltalk-vm source tree and edits it with files
> from a specific repository.  I have such scripts and can help you with them.
> Hint, pax is a very convenient directory hierarchy copying tool available at
> least on Mac OS X.  pax -rwlk will copy the trees under a sequence of
> directories into their corresponding places in a target tree.
>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Vincent
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot

Yes I did that when I was at University. So clearly dated.


On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 8:40 PM, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:
> For Windows one can change it using a resource editor.
>
> http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
>
> Phil
>
> On Feb 2, 2018 20:33, "Stephane Ducasse" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Would it be possible to change the icon without having to compile a new
>> VM?
>> To me the current setup looks so monolithic and dated.
>> I would expect that somebody can deploy a application with its own
>> logo by just providing some new resources.
>>
>> Stef
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Eliot Miranda <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Vincent,
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:07 PM, <[hidden email]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I would like to know how to change the main Pharo window icon. I saw
>> >> that
>> >> there is a primitive for the title:
>> >> DisplayScreen class  >> primitiveWindowTitle:string: ; primitive:
>> >> 'primitiveHostWindowTitle' module:'HostWindowPlugin'
>> >> but I cannot find one for the icon.
>> >> Should another primitive need to be implemented?
>> >
>> >
>> > The icon is baked into the VM executable.  So to change it one has to
>> > build
>> > a VM with a different icon.
>> >
>> > On Windows it is in
>> >     {build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.ico
>> > and the file that specifies to use Pharo.ico is
>> >     {build.win32x86,build.win64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Pharo.rc
>> >
>> > On Mac OS X it is in
>> >     platforms/iOS/vm/OSX/Pharo.icns
>> > (alongside three others such as PharoImage.icns)
>> > and the file that specifies to use Pharo.icns is
>> >     {build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/pharo.cog.spur/Makefile
>> > in setting the VM variable.  The file that associates the other icons
>> > with
>> > specific file types is
>> >     platforms/iOS//vm/OSX/Pharo-Info.plist
>> >
>> > If you're changing the Pharo icon let me suggest you update the icon
>> > files
>> > themselves in the opensmalltalk-vm source tree.
>> >
>> > If you're creating a new variant of the VM for some new purpose (say a
>> > special Lam VM) then let me suggest you add the icons to the
>> > opensmalltalk-vm source tree, creating special build directories for
>> > these
>> > VMs, such as {build.macos32x86,build.macos64x64}/lam.pharo.cog.spur/
>> >
>> > If you want to do this privately, then take either of the approaches
>> > above
>> > and simply don't publish the edits.  You can write a script that takes
>> > an
>> > updated checked-out opensmalltalk-vm source tree and edits it with files
>> > from a specific repository.  I have such scripts and can help you with
>> > them.
>> > Hint, pax is a very convenient directory hierarchy copying tool
>> > available at
>> > least on Mac OS X.  pax -rwlk will copy the trees under a sequence of
>> > directories into their corresponding places in a target tree.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Vincent
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > _,,,^..^,,,_
>> > best, Eliot
>>
>