[kepler-dev] Kepler ontology

Dan Higgins higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu
Mon Nov 5 10:16:49 PST 2007


Matt,
    You are correct in that raster gifs are used in the tree. However 
(if I understand Matthew's code correctly), those are dynamically 
created from the SVG images and cached if they do not exist as files.

Dan

Matt Jones wrote:
> Dan --
>
> Although the canvas uses the SVG images for Kepler icons, doesn't the 
> tree use the smaller, raster gif images of the icons?  Or did you 
> change this when you modified the library tree?
>
> Matt
>
> Dan Higgins wrote:
>> Hi Izabell,
>>
>>     With respect to your custom icon, what format is it in and how 
>> did you add it so it appears on the canvas?
>>
>>     I ask because Kepler uses a different default system than 
>> Ptolemy. Kepler icons are SVG based and are (usually) located in the 
>> $KEPLER/lib/images/svg/ directory. Their use is defined in 2 files in 
>> $KEPLER/configs/ptolemy/configs/kepler/ called 
>> uiSVGIconMappingsByClass.properties and 
>> uiSVGIconMappingsByLSID.properties. (Take a look at those files for 
>> some documentation)
>>
>>     I just got the actor tree to accept a default icon (see a recent 
>> nightly zipped file). It seems to work with SVGIconMappings by class.
>>
>> Dan Higgins
>>
>> -----
>>
>> Izabell Caraconcea wrote:
>>> Hello All,
>>> I would like to see my own actors in the actor tree, in a new 
>>> category, for example Project / <project name>
>>> I don't think that editing the owl file would be enough.
>>> At this point, I'm adding them under "General Purpose" branch.
>>> I created a special icon for my project, I can see it on the canvas 
>>> but not in the tree. Why?
>>>  
>>> Thank you,
>>> Izabell
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>>>
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