[Idle-dev] Retina Icons

[Branch Seidenman]

Hi! I saw this issue is moving along. Glad to see that.

One more request: the Python Launcher (rocket ship icon, installed with IDLE) also is missing High-Res Icons.

Thanks!
Branch

> On Jan 26, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
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> On 1/24/2019 7:58 PM, Branch Seidenman via IDLE-dev wrote:
>> Hi!
>> The icon for IDLE and Python Launcher look really bad on Retina Macs, and the Python folder doesn’t look so hot either. See attached image. Would it be possible to add the correct icon sizes to the app to make it look better? I put below Apple’s recommendations for icon sizes.
>> 1024px × 1024px
>> 512px × 512px
>> 256px × 256px
>> 128px × 128px
>> 64px × 64px
>> 32px × 32px
>> 16px × 16px
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> I copied this list to https://bugs.python.org/issue32129 and added
> "Creating new icons larger that 48px is beyond me.  Besides which, I believe these are copies of files elsewhere in the repository.  (The icons directory should have a README explaining the files and their origin.  How many of these sizes would actually be useful?  Would larger icons be useful on hi-rex Linux (or even Windows) systems?"
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> Terry Jan Reedy
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