Re: changing Vim`s logo

On 29 October 2013 06:12, Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org> wrote:
> Hi Mohsen,
>
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:02:07 +0330
> Mohsen <rashidi.lbo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone.
>> It`s been a while since i think about changing Vim`s logo. Don`t you
>> think that the time has been arrived?
>> I mean DEs, application`s Gui and their icons are getting newer and
>> more beautiful every day but Vim has it`s old ans rusty icon yet. Please
>> take a look at picture that attached:
>> Do you see that white and ugly border?
>> If you agree with me and if you somehow in charge of vim, please ask
>> Bram to change Vim`s logo to a more pretty one.
>> Something that is in merit of vim.
>
> You can write to the Vim developers' list yourself and suggest a better logo
> or that one should be found. Anyway, I should note that I recall that when
> Windows XP came out, Microsoft changed the icons of the applications to ones
> that were more artsy, and as a result harder to tell apart and to recognise
> immediately. I hated that. So it's important to never sacrifice function for
> form.
>
> You may find tis of utility:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vimlogo.svg
>

You might also try MacVim's logo, which is decent - at least, it's
relatively high res & doesn't have fugly aliasing round the edges
https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/blob/master/src/MacVim/icons/vim-noshadow-512.png

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