PeterK icon library

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I've seen a few references to this online for a while and would like to test it on my system, however the thread over on EAB is 29 pages long, and the download doesn't include any instructions on how to install it under 3.1 besides saying "check the thread".  :insane: :eyeroll:

Any tips besides just dumping the lib file in LIBS:  ?  Is there something about a "LoadResident" command I need?

Thanks!

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Never mind, figured it out!  Copied the icon.library from the Aminet archive and the LoadResident command from the author's demo ADF that I found a link to on EAB, and then added these lines to the very beginning of my Startup-Sequence:


Version >NIL: icon.library 46 REVISION 4
IF WARN
    IF EXISTS LIBS:workbench.library
        LoadResident >NIL: LIBS:workbench.library
    EndIf
    LoadResident >NIL: LIBS:icon.library REBOOT
EndIf


...I'm guessing the workbench.library lines are for people who actually have a workbench.library (4000T owners?  Or maybe if they're using some modified version that I think the author is also working on?), dunno but I left them in there.  And the rest did the trick!  And yes, definitely an improvement on speed, and nice to be able to see NewIcons images now instead of just the little square without having to install NewIcons or a bunch of other cr@p.  Just wish I hadn't had to beat my head against a wall for two hours to figure it out.  

Ah, Amiga programmers.  Making you have to actually work to get anything installed, since 1985.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

It double boots on mine (OS 3.1), but since I'm running from CF and my screen stays black during the boot process I don't even notice except for a quick flicker of the power LED.  No big deal.

And thanks for the comments @mfilos!  I just discovered your blog somewhat recently and have really been enjoying reading about your projects!

Last, any tips where to get the author's updated workbench.library?  Obviously going to Aminet and just typing "workbench.library" into the search would be too easy.    Is this something I would need to compile myself, somehow?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I just made an archive for you including Workbench.library 45.132

Awesome!!!  Works great!  Today was my first chance to mess around with it again so of course I stayed up till 7am in the morning patching & updating libraries/etc. all over the place, made my little 'ole A500 so fast that I had to put Workbench back into 16 color mode just so it would be slow enough to be usuable!  No joke!    Thanks!