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The purpose of this subproject is to find SVG icons for use in the generation of Boost's documentation.

Key requirements for the icons include:

• A compatible license type for use within Boost.
• Icons that look good, in that they:
  • have a consistent theme based on their logical function (eg, navigation icons should look similar);
  • easily convey their function (this is particularly important for the admonitions icons).

License Type

Currently we are soliciting feedback from the Boost community on a preference for the license type.

To assist with setting the expectations for this project (ie, whether to use existing icons under an open-source license or to create the icons and license them under the Boost Software License, ​http://tinyurl.com/2xood5) I have sent an email to the boost-developers and boost-docs mailing lists seeking feedback on the license type.

To find the thread in the archive, search for the thread "Acceptable Licenses for Boost-Doc SVG Icons" posted by Peter Foley on 28 June 2006 at 18:18.

Rationale behind choosing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) icons

Key points:

• It is an open standard
• It is easy to convert to other formats
• SVG files scale very well

For more information on the benefits of using SVG-based images, ​see this Wikipedia article.

Note: It is worth stating that there are various tools and utilties that can easily convert to the PNG format. See ​this Wikipedia article. This is required as not all web browsers support the SVG format natively.

Currently proposed icons

This area will provide a central location to show each of the proposed icons and to allow the Boost community the opportunity of commenting on them.

Currently proposed icon sets include:

• ​The Tango Desktop project which provides icons using the SVG format. This project is licensed under the ​Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.

General icon requirements that various members of the Boost community have requested:

• The icons should look good both in colour and in black-and-white (for printing). This is specifically for the admonitions.

Navigation icons

These icons will be used to allow the user to navigate through the produced documentation.

Navigation icon requirements that various members of the Boost community have requested:

• Currently the preference is to keep the navigation icons green. This will match the currently proposed colour scheme. (See ​this link)
• Although the Tango home page icon is not green, it has been suggested that this would be good to stand out more from the arrows. (See ​this link)

Icon Set Name	Previous Page	Chapter Start	Index Page	Next Page	License Type
Tango Desktop Project	(svg available)	(svg available)	(svg available)	(svg available)	Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license

Admonitions

Admonitions icon requirements that various members of the Boost community have requested:

By: Matias Capeletto on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:45:55 -0300

mmm... I think a common sense rationale for some of these admonitions will be:

Warning ---> Yellow
Caution ---> Red

Icon Set Name	Note	Tip	Important	Caution	Waring	License Type
Tango Desktop Project	(svg available)	(svg available)	(svg available)	(svg available)	(svg available)	Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license

Comments so far:

• Tango Desktop Project
  • Note - It was suggested that the magnifing glass would not be a good choice. Another option is a Blue circle with the letter "i" in it.
  • Tip - The response so far suggests that this is a good icon. There was the suggestion that it would look better if the light were switched on!
  • Important - I think that this one looks better for a caution icon.

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Active developers

Peter Foley
boost at ifoley dot id dot au

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• Improving Boost Docs
  • About this project
  • Boost docs repository
  • Unified look and feel project
  • Helping Boost authors
  • Glue docs project
  • Standard C++ Library docs
  • Documentation best practices
  • Documentation tools
  • Subprojects
    • Boost.DocTest
    • Boost HTML stylesheet
    • Boost Kate support
    • Boost PDF stylesheet
    • Boost-specific WikiMacros
    • Boost Trac stylesheet
    • Boostscript
    • Google Search box project
    • HTML to docbook
    • Quickbook WikiProcessor
    • Quickbook source stylesheet
    • SVG icons set project
    • Syntax-highlighting project
    • Trac syntax-coloring
    • Debugger visualizers
  • Browser-testing chart
  • Logo playground