SETUP: default to mintty

[Andy Koppe]

On 27 July 2011 08:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 27 08:24, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 26 July 2011 20:52, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> > On 7/26/2011 3:36 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >>> What about modernizing the Cygwin icon?
>> >>
>> >> I quite like Chuck's take on this.
>> >
>> > Err...what's my take, again? <g>
>>
>> I meant cygicons-0.dll,9.
>
> Yes, I like that one, too.  we could use it as the default 48x48 and
> 64x64 icons.  Per the MSFT guidelines in
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx#size, smaller
> sizes should stick to a 2D look.  Maybe we can simply use the old
> icon for these sizes?

The way I understand it, I think it's just that they shouldn't use
perspective. Compare for example the drive icons in the "Computer"
window, where they appear tilted in the main part of the window, but
straight-on at 16x16 in the sidebar. The small icons do still have
some depth to them.

Andy