[kepler-dev] svg for my actor

[Chris Weed]

Also, is it possible to attach an icon to a composite actor?
Chris

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Chad Berkley <berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Yeah, it's from the old system still.  this bug
> http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3948 addresses this
> issue.  Hopefully I'll get started on that this week.  If not, probably next
> week.  Once the configuration systems are integrated and modularized,
> modules should be able to make the changes they need. Until then, we still
> have to edit those files in common.
>
> chad
>
>
> Chris Weed wrote:
>>
>> I looked at that file, and it looks like I need to edit it to assign my
>> icon.
>> Although, this doesn't seem very modular. Can I store the svg file and
>> properties file in my module
>> instead of in the common module?
>> Chris
>>
>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Chad Berkley <berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> In kepler, the icons are set by the Batik renderer, not by vergil, so
>>> this
>>> function no longer works.  If you want to set an icon for your actor in
>>> Kepler, you can use the
>>> common/configs/ptolemy/configs/kepler/uiSVGIconMappingsByLSID.properties
>>> or
>>> common/configs/ptolemy/configs/kepler/uiSVGIconMappingsByClass.properties
>>> files.
>>>
>>> chad
>>>
>>> Chris Weed wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I noticed in some of the available actors there is a function like
>>>> _attachText("_iconDescription",...)
>>>> for adding an icon to an actor.
>>>> I tried to add this to my actor, but when I instantiate the actor it is
>>>> blank.
>>>> I am wondering why this doesn't work, or if someone can point me to
>>>> documentation on this.
>>>> Chris
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