Iconsets

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If you are interested in creating an Iconset (system,roster,emoticons), we have created a guide to help you.

Contents 1 Types of Iconsets 1.1 System Iconsets 1.2 Roster Iconsets 1.3 Emoticon Iconsets 2 Contributions 3 Adding a new (Roster) Iconset

[edit] Types of Iconsets

[edit] System Iconsets

System iconsets decorate the program, and include icons and logos other than the roster iconsets and emoticons. System iconsets are installed in the iconsets/system folder.

[edit] Roster Iconsets

Roster icons indicate the status of contacts and services. Roster iconsets are installed in the iconsets/roster folder.

To find the meaning of any icon in a roster iconset, look in Options, Appearance, Roster Iconsets, Show Details. The icon names listed there are defined in Creating Iconsets.

[edit] Emoticon Iconsets

Emoticons are combinations of text characters that form emotive icons.  :-) Emoticon iconsets are installed in the iconsets/emoticons folder.

Emoticon iconsets provide a menu of non-text images that have text equivalents. Point at one to see the text for it. Click on one to add it to a message. It may be shown as a similar non-text image by the recipient's software. An emoticon iconset may also be enabled simply as a graphic aid to selecting emoticons for use in plain text messages.

The jabber enhancement proposal for icon styles JEP:0038 has been deferred. It includes the jisp file format, which is in zip format and contains a folder that will add an iconset to Psi, if placed in the appropriate subfolder of your Psi installation.

[edit] Contributions

• JabberPL's Iconsets - Possibly the most complete list of iconsets
• Jabber Icons - a great collection of iconsets/emoticons for Psi
• ICQ5 Iconset - ICQ5 style iconset for Psi

[edit] Adding a new (Roster) Iconset

The following steps are based on MacOS X however steps 3-7 apply for Windows XP.

1. Locate the new iconset file you downloaded (see Contributions above).
2. Locate the Psi roster folder: right-click (control-click) on the Psi application icon and select show package contents, then burrow down until you come to the Roster folder ( Psi \ Contents \ Resources \ iconsets \ roster )
3. Add the new iconset file (name.jisp) to the roster folder
4. Launch Psi and select Preferences from the Psi menu
5. Choose Appearance from left side menu and then click on the Roster Icons tab
6. Select the newly placed icon set and click on OK.
7. You may need to quit and restart the Psi application to activate all changes.

For Linux:

1. Locate the Roster folder: I recommend the whereis command to find where Psi is (you might get multiple) the one that worked for me was /usr/share/psi/iconsets/roster.
2. Add the new iconset file (name.jisp) to the roster folder

follow steps 3-7 above.

For Windows:

1. Locate the roster folder (usually C:\Program Files\Psi\iconsets\roster)
2. Add the new iconset file (name.jisp) to the roster folder

follow steps 3-7 above