How do I make a new Icon Theme for Claws Mail?
Obviously you need to have some artistic abilities (well, not much unless you want to make a really cool theme), but, apart from that, there’s some technical points you should consider when making a new theme and you want to share it with the rest of the world: • Choose a license for it. Remember that themes without license are not free. • If you’re using some other theme or graphic element you found on the web be careful and check its license also. Some authors use strange licenses which does not allow derivations or redistributions, or impose the original license over derived works. • If you’re making original artwork and do not know (or care) which license to choose, GPL is a good and recommended option. It’s the same license that Claws Mail uses. • Try to provide a full set of icons. The easiest way to do that is to copy all Claws Mail icons and start editing them. • Keep the sizes uniform. Claws Mail default icons are certain size, and some variations are allowed, but size dispari
