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    <revision version="0.1" date="2014-01-28" status="draft"/>

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      <name>David King</name>

      <email its:translate="no">davidk@gnome.org</email>

      <years>2014</years>

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  <title>Install an icon</title>

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    <title>Launch your application</title>

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Install an icon to identify your application.

  
When listing an icon in a desktop file, the image must be installed in a

  standard location, given by the

  <link href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html">freedesktop.org

  Icon Theme</link> and

  <link href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon

  Naming specifications</link>. As a minimum, an application should install a

  48×48 pixel icon into <file>$prefix/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps</file>

  in PNG format.

  
To match with other icons, both in GNOME and other platforms, follow the

  <link href="http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines">Tango

  Icon Theme guidelines</link> when creating icons and application artwork.

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