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What are the design guidelines for appindicator icons?

I am creating a Unity AppIndicator using Python + PyGObject, but I wish for it's icon to be in standard Ubuntu style. Where can I find appropriate guidelines for using colours (or is it just ...
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How to package an application icon properly?

There is an blog article on ubuntu developer blog. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/02/how-to-prepare-a-compiled-application-for-ubuntu-software-center/ I followed all steps exactly. But the ...
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Are USC applications allowed to install .desktop files?

Ubuntu's official site for developers says: Technical requirements: In order for your application to be distributed in the Software Centre it must: Be in one, self-contained directory when ...
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How do I get high resolution icons in Unity for my application without a .desktop file?

I am trying to fix a problem I found with a Java application. It has a too low res icon. After reading the source of it I modified it to have a bigger icon. SWT uses the gtk_window_set_icon() function ...
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Dynamically change the application icon

The icon used for the app is in the .desktop file but is it possible to change this dynamically? You can change the count but not the icon. Is there an API for doing this like OS X?
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Write application indicator with no icon

I wrote an application indicator that displays information about my monthly network consumption. I do not want it to have an icon next to the text I display. How do I write an application indicator ...
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Can an app in `/opt/extras` install themeable icons in `/usr/share`?

My application Variety Wallpaper Changer runs from /opt/extras and uses an indicator icon. I would like to make this indicator icon theme-specific. As far as I understand the standard way is to ...
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Is the “User Accounts” icon listed in the Freedesktop Icon Naming Specification?

In the System Settings, there's an entry at the bottom called "User Accounts", and it has this icon: I've looked through the Freedesktop Icon Naming Specification, but I can't seem to find anything ...
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Why do the GNOME symbolic icons appear darker in a running application?

I'm creating an application that uses symbolic icons from the default theme. However, there are a few icons that I need that cannot be represented by those from the default theme, so I'm creating my ...
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Where are the different app icon sizes submitted through the app developer site used?

When I submit an application through the app developer process in MyApps, I'm asked to submit icons in different sizes: 128px, 64px, 32px, 16px. Where is each of these icon sizes used when my app ...
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Detect GTK theme change in runtime

I am using this code to set appropriate appindicator icon for my application. Basically I set separate mono dark/light icon for Ambiance and Radiance theme in order to integrate my app into Unity ...
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PyGTK Application Icon Blurred in Unity

I have 128x128 icon referenced in main window glade file like <property name="icon">../media/my-icon.svg</property>. I tried, with both svg and png, but it is always very blurred in ...
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Software made with Quickly is missing an icon in the Dash

I am currently trying out Quickly create. When issuing quickly package it packages fine and I can install the deb. Only thing is, there is no icon in the dash for my program. How do I go about ...
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What icon does Unity use for an application?

I have a .deb package that installs application icons under the following locations: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ ...
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How do I get the names in my icon theme for use with pythons appindicator module?

How do I get the strings I can insert instead of 'gtk-execute'? #!/usr/bin/python import gobject import gtk import appindicator if __name__ == "__main__": ind = ...
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custom libindicator icon is not displayed

I want to change the statusicon of my own little reminder program. Currently I am using GTK.StatusIcon but I want to use a ApplicationIndicator. Therefore I created an own Icon and moved it to: ...