The Icon Bar: General: Changing the Acorn logo on the icon bar
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Changing the Acorn logo on the icon bar |
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ulaggy (20:11 10/10/2012)
swirlythingy (23:55 10/10/2012)
filecore (07:26 11/10/2012)
Acornut (09:52 11/10/2012)
filecore (10:55 11/10/2012)
pwx (10:41 11/10/2012)
swirlythingy (11:20 11/10/2012)
pwx (11:26 11/10/2012)
ulaggy (18:43 11/10/2012)
swirlythingy (00:00 12/10/2012)
ulaggy (08:30 12/10/2012)
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Alun Millard |
Message #121172, posted by ulaggy at 20:11, 10/10/2012 |
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Random question I know, but I've just bought an old A5000. I grew up with an Acorn Electron, then my folks got an A5000 then finally a RISC PC (with a PC card that never actually worked!). That all disappeared years ago, but I finally got around to getting an Acorn computer again, which has made me very happy!
So yeah, I remember you used to be able to change the Acorn logo in the bottom right corner. It's been so long since I've used an Acorn, I've forgotten how to do little things like that.
If anyone knows what I'm on about and remembers how to do it, I'd be eternally grateful  |
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Martin Bazley |
Message #121173, posted by swirlythingy at 23:55, 10/10/2012, in reply to message #121172 |
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Er, change it to what, exactly?
In the simplest case, you could make a 34x34 sprite in Paint, call it "taskmanager", save the file somewhere and *IconSprites it. But I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #121175, posted by filecore at 07:26, 11/10/2012, in reply to message #121173 |
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Er, change it to what, exactly? I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. There were a bunch of apps around at that era to do things to the Switcher, such as giving it blinking eyes and whatnot. I can have a rake around tonight if that's along the right lines.
I did used to make my own sprites for the HDD, FDD, CD, and Switcher icons though |
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Blind Moose |
Message #121176, posted by Acornut at 09:52, 11/10/2012, in reply to message #121175 |
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Not wishing to be pedantic, but as I know you are a keen scholar of English Grammar.
I did used to make my own sprites ... !Note- The general rule is when there is did or didn't in the sentence, we say use to (without d) when there is no did or didn't in the sentence, we say used to (with d). |
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Philip Webster |
Message #121179, posted by pwx at 10:41, 11/10/2012, in reply to message #121173 |
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Er, change it to what, exactly?
In the simplest case, you could make a 34x34 sprite in Paint, call it "taskmanager", save the file somewhere and *IconSprites it. But I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. I thought the image had to be called 'switcher'. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #121182, posted by filecore at 10:55, 11/10/2012, in reply to message #121176 |
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keen scholar of English Grammar Well, clearly you're not, so perhaps it isn't your place to lecture others. |
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Martin Bazley |
Message #121183, posted by swirlythingy at 11:20, 11/10/2012, in reply to message #121179 |
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In the simplest case, you could make a 34x34 sprite in Paint, call it "taskmanager", save the file somewhere and *IconSprites it. But I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. I thought the image had to be called 'switcher'.
I thought that too, until I checked my ARMini's sprites. "taskmanager" and "switcher" were different images, and "taskmanager" was the one on the icon bar.
Of course, it may have changed since RISC OS 3.1. |
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Philip Webster |
Message #121184, posted by pwx at 11:26, 11/10/2012, in reply to message #121183 |
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Of course, it may have changed since RISC OS 3.1. It probably has. My most recent RISC OS is 3.7. |
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Alun Millard |
Message #121193, posted by ulaggy at 18:43, 11/10/2012, in reply to message #121173 |
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Er, change it to what, exactly?
In the simplest case, you could make a 34x34 sprite in Paint, call it "taskmanager", save the file somewhere and *IconSprites it. But I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. I seem to recall having loads of sprites such as a Terminator style Acorn (it had black sunglasses on) and all that sort of thing. It was like rebranding the Menu button in Windows. Didn't serve a purpose other than was just personalisation.
So I would need to perhaps make a directory, stick in a sprite called taskmanager, save it and then what needs to go in the directory with it. It annoys me that I can't remember as I used to tinker around all the time, changing sprites for things.
Looking at other programs, there is an obey file, I think it is, and that has the line "IconSprites <Obey$Dir>.!Sprites" in it. It's similar to that, isn't it?
It's been about 15-16 years, at least, since I last used an Acorn, so I've forgotten a lot. Thanks for the replies Martin, and everyone else!
Er, change it to what, exactly? I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. There were a bunch of apps around at that era to do things to the Switcher, such as giving it blinking eyes and whatnot. I can have a rake around tonight if that's along the right lines.
I did used to make my own sprites for the HDD, FDD, CD, and Switcher icons though
I think that's the right kinda lines that I'm thinking of.
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Martin Bazley |
Message #121197, posted by swirlythingy at 00:00, 12/10/2012, in reply to message #121193 |
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In the simplest case, you could make a 34x34 sprite in Paint, call it "taskmanager", save the file somewhere and *IconSprites it. But I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. So I would need to perhaps make a directory, stick in a sprite called taskmanager, save it and then what needs to go in the directory with it.
No, no, sprite files can have more than one actual sprite in them. If you start up Paint and click the icon bar icon, it'll create a new blank sprite file and also open the window to create a new sprite (inside that same sprite file), probably called "newsprite". The sprite should be named "taskmanager" (or "switcher", depending on whether my dodgy advice is accurate or not), and the sprite file can be saved anywhere you like. Then, from the command line (press F12), type IconSprites (filename), press Return twice, and you should see your sprite in the bottom right.
Then if you want it to be permanent, you can insert the IconSprites command somewhere in your !Boot file (assuming you're not using New Boot; if you are, it's more complicated).
HTH |
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Alun Millard |
Message #121198, posted by ulaggy at 08:30, 12/10/2012, in reply to message #121197 |
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In the simplest case, you could make a 34x34 sprite in Paint, call it "taskmanager", save the file somewhere and *IconSprites it. But I'm guessing you're thinking of something specific. So I would need to perhaps make a directory, stick in a sprite called taskmanager, save it and then what needs to go in the directory with it.
No, no, sprite files can have more than one actual sprite in them. If you start up Paint and click the icon bar icon, it'll create a new blank sprite file and also open the window to create a new sprite (inside that same sprite file), probably called "newsprite". The sprite should be named "taskmanager" (or "switcher", depending on whether my dodgy advice is accurate or not), and the sprite file can be saved anywhere you like. Then, from the command line (press F12), type IconSprites (filename), press Return twice, and you should see your sprite in the bottom right.
Then if you want it to be permanent, you can insert the IconSprites command somewhere in your !Boot file (assuming you're not using New Boot; if you are, it's more complicated).
HTH
Tested in an emulator and it worked (with Switcher - although was RPC emulator) so will test it on the actual A5000 later today. Thanks for the help! |
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