Topic       : Documentation for Thing
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View Ref-FileFAQ - Which programs can I use to edit ICONS.RSC?                     Thing

Q: Which programs can I use to edit ICONS.RSC? My resource editor crashes 
   on attempting to load ICONS.RSC or doesn't display all the icons!

A: The icons were created using the commercial Interface v2.3. As these 
   are colour icons, which were only introduced by Atari when the Falcon 
   appeared, many older programs cannot handle them.

   Zoom!

   Zoom! is a special commercial icon editor program that can also create 
   and edit colour icons. It is, we understand, the icon editor portion of 
   Interface that is available separately in some countries.

   IconCons

   IconCons is the icon editor bundled with the Ease replacement desktop 
   but isn't ideal for editing ICONS.RSC because it does not support 
   animated icons or icons larger than 32x32 pixels.

   You can nevertheless use IconCons so long as you bear in mind that 
   'CLIPBOARD' and 'PARENTDIR' should be renamed to '_CLIPBRDIf, due to the lack of a suitable icon editor, you want
to edit the icons using 'IconCons' from the Ease desktop, 
rename the icon to _CLIPBRD, because the program only 
supports a maximum of eight characters for labels. Thing 
looks for _CLIPBRD if CLIPBOARD is not available.
' and _PARENTIf, due to the lack of a suitable icon editor, you want
to edit this icon using 'IconCons' from the Ease desktop,
rename the icon to _PARENT, because the program only 
supports a maximum of eight characters for labels. Thing 
looks for _PARENT if PARENTDIR is not available.
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   because IconCons doesn't support text labels longer than eight 
   characters. Although the version bundled with Ease v5 permits inputting 
   more than 8 characters, only the first eight will be loaded so that one 
   would have to correct the label each time.
 
   Another problem is that all versions of IconCons ignore and don't save 
   the second mini-icon object tree!

   ORCS

   ORCS is a Shareware RCS, comparable to Interface to a large extent, but 
   the current release only supports monochrome icons. It's ideal for 
   editing MONOICON.RSC.

   It is rumoured Thorsten Otto, the ORCS author, will soon release an 
   updated version of ORCS which supports colour icons.

   ResourceMaster

   This program too is shareware and a superior Resource Construction Set 
   that offers all modern features and also supports colour icons.

   It can be found in the MausNet and InterNet as well as BBS and PD 
   libraries.

Q: But that's a pity! Why isn't Thing accompanied by an icon editor? I 
   would like to transfer my Gemini icons into ICONS.RSC and I also have 
   some nice Windows and Mac icons that would go well in Thing...

A: You aren't serious? Or?! At the price charged you really can't expect 
   everything... sorry! Even Gemini is not accompanied by an editor ;-)