Re: new toolbar icons are problematic

[Jan D.]

> > Why are they less recognizable now than they were before?
> > What changed in these PBM icons?
>
> They're completely different.

Have you checked the ones I checked in a few days ago?

> Incidentally, I didn't know it when we did the toolbar, but the
> non-portable XPM format images may not be necessary.  A variation on
> the PBM format supports colour and is available in all Emacs ports.
> It doesn't support transparency (as far as I know), or remapping the
> colours in the image, but I don't think those are necessary for the
> toolbar.

I think the GTK toolbar needs transparency.  On some themes GTK uses 
that
to highlight an icon when the mouse is over it.

        Jan D.