Call to plugin authors: svgs in JOSM

[simson.gertrud at gmail.com]

Am 15.10.2020 um 15:31 schrieb simson.gertrud at gmail.com:
 > Hello,
 >
 > Am 11.10.2020 um 18:09 schrieb Holger Mappt via josm-dev:
 >> Hi,
 >>
 >> Is there a JOSM icon style guide? What elements should be used to depict
 >> different actions? E.g. I want to express move, that would be crossed
 >> arrows like in the move map mode icon, right? Arrows in all directions
 >> is zoom in/out or full screen. Do colors have a meaning?
 >
 > There is not such a written guide about elements/colors. But some 
things are obvious, like green color of download/upload arrows or the 
red nodes in the Tools menu. (The core icons have evolved over the years 
so they are not consistent in all cases/details either.)
 >
 >> What are
 >> recommended page sizes for map mode icons and menu icons?
 > For map view icons 16px, for gui icons usually 24px (which is the 
size in the toolbar).
 >>
 >> Are there recommended icon sets that can be used as reference and that
 >> have the right license to copy items?
 >
 > A lot of core gui icons are based on tango 
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tango_icons) and gnome 
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Desktop_icons) icon sets. The 
most core icons are GPL or PD licensed so they should easily be used in 
a plugin. More information about icons licenses see the icons section in 
https://josm.openstreetmap.de/browser/josm/trunk/CONTRIBUTION
 >
 > More useful information about icons in JOSM see 
https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/DevelopersGuide/DefaultPresets#NewIcons
 >
 > Best Regards
 >
 > Stefan