[PATCH] win32 installer for bzr 0.9: rev.2

[Alexander Belchenko]

John Arbash Meinel пишет:
> Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>>On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 16:33 +0300, Alexander Belchenko wrote:
>>>Matthew Nuzum пишет:
>>>>OK, new icons and the source image are uploaded to
>>>>http://bazaar-vcs.org/LogoOptions
>>>>
>>>>You can download the SVG or several different sizes of pngs.
>>>
>>>Something wrong with your icon file 
>>>(http://bazaar-vcs.org/LogoOptions?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=bazaar.ico) 
>>>-- it looks like normal ico on black background in windows. See screenshot.
>>
>>Hi Alexander, I'm just forwarding this on to the list...
>>John,
>>I'm not sure how to make icon files... seems like I've heard of this
>>problem before, do you know how to fix it?
>> 
> I'm the one who created the icon. It is supposed to use a transparent
> background. It could be a few things, but my best guess is:
> Windows doesn't support 8-bit alpha
> I'm not sure about this, because I believe windows supports > 8-bit
> icons. Gimp only gives you the option to do 8-bit with 1-bit alpha, or
> 32-bit with 8-bit alpha.
> 
> I can create them with a white background, I started with transparent
> because it was easier.

John's ico with transparent background also not ideal. This ico is
designed with antialiased edges, so it looks rough at windows. So I
prefer to use ico on white background otherwise you need to make sharp
edges without antialiasing.

--
Alexander