How do I change the icon of my Shoes App?

Question

I was wondering if it was possible to change the my Shoes app's icon? I imagine its style-oriented, but I haven't been able to find anything on it.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

So far, I am not sure that this is actually possible. in OS X, I was able to modify the package contents to change what the plist is pointing to in terms of icons. However, when the application runs, it uses the Shoes' runtime icon.

I have no clue how you'd do this on Windows.

Answer 2

I don't believe this is possible from within Shoes. This is based on extensive searching, both online and in the source code.

However, there are a couple things external to Shoes that work. One is to simply change the file #{DIR}/static/shoes-icon.png, which is where the runtime pulls its icon from. The other is to change the hardcoded value in the file libshoes.so (or your OS's equivalent); you could use a hex editor, or any other editor that wouldn't mess the file up. Note that for the hardcoded editing to work without crashing, you have to replace the hardcoded string with something of the same length.

Answer 3

Use IcoFx. _why himself suggested this utility on the mailing list. You will find the instruction in the tutorial section of the icoFX website.