[kepler-dev] Changing icons for composite actors

[Norbert Podhorszki]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Laura L. Downey wrote:
> For reference, the two config files that talk about assigning icons by class
> or LSID are:
>
> kepler\configs\ptolemy\configs\kepler\uiSVGIconMappingsByClass.properties
> kepler\configs\ptolemy\configs\kepler\uiSVGIconMappingsByLSID.properties

Hi Laura,

Thanks for the pointers. Based on that info, an illegal solution for my 
problem is to edit the moml file and change the 'entityID' property of the 
composite. I just gave it an arbitrary lsid already present in the above 
config file and then Kepler presented the icon assigned to it. This is for 
fun only; in reality, I do not want to put the lsid of let's say 
FileExistenceMonitor (present in the config) into the composite in the 
moml.

I have also realized that I can add arbitrary lsid formatted strings
(e.g. urn:\lsid\:kepler-project.org\:iconfamily\:1\:1=fileop) and use that
as entityID in the moml file.
Which is again an illegal but working solution as long as someone else 
tries to use this id (the original one) for something else.

Chad's suggestion would be a legal solution...

Norbert