Icon Editor for Newton

• Overview
• Installation
• Operation
• Troubleshooting

Overview

This is a little tool, written to demonstrate the ability to change icons with "SBM Utilities".

Installation

Please make a backup first. It's always a good idea to backup your device before you install a new program. Even if we have tested all of our programs very intense, because of the variety of existing programs and system configurations no one can guarantee that no problem will occur.

Transfer the IconEdit.pkg file to your Newton OS device by using an appropriate package installation program, like NBU, NCU or the Newton Package Installer.
After installing you will find the program in the Extras Drawer.

Operation

Start the program by tap on its icon in the Extras Drawer.

On top of the screen is a list with icons you save till now. In the lower part of the screen will be shown the name of the selected icon and you can see the icon zoomed by 5 and in original size. To the right of the big icon you can select the drawing color (the column with the pen at the top) and the filling color by tapping the little squares. The selected color is marked by a dotted frame.

Right under the big icon (where you will do all the drawing) you can choose the drawing tool.

Pen

The pen will draw pixels as you move. Note that if you move too quickly not all pixels will be drawn.

 

Line

Hold down the pen at the position where the line should start. Move the pen to the destination and lift it.

 

Rectangle

Hold down the pen at the position where you would have the first edge of the rectangle. Move the pen in the direction of the desired diagonale for the rectangle.

 

Oval

Like rectangle but draws an oval.

 

Dotted rectangle and oval

There are also filled versions of rectangle and oval.

 

Eraser

With the eraser you can scrub out all the pixels of the icon.

 

Status bar

There are buttons in the status bar to create a new icon, to save modifications or to delete an existing icon.

 

Icon Editor supports undo/redo for all the tools.

The size of the icons is restricted to 31x29 pixels. This is the recommendation for extras icons.

Troubleshooting

You can't edit masks or work with gray icons as used in Newton OS 2.1. Also all the icons will be saved in one soup and there is no way to rename the icons.