icon.library 46.4 test versions

[pixie]

I'm so unlucky, the A1200 disk has it sorted out. xD From my test I have to have newicons enabled otherwise it won't get transparent.

[PeterK]

If you don't like to install the NewIcons patch for getting transparency then you could alternatively also try Birdie or Birdie2000 with the options NOICONBORDER and FLOODMASKMWB instead of NewIcons. The 2. option avoids to make ALL pixels with pen 0 transparent, only those around the border will make the background visible. Please read the Birdie docs for details.

You could also replace the old workbench.library of the 3.1 Rom with a newer v44+ library in Libs: by using "RemLib >NIL: workbench.library", but then some other things have to be changed, too. A WB v44+ needs a different FBlit.cfg and a DefIcons v44 tool. That has all been discussed here some hundred times. Just read this thread carefully right from the beginning ...

[pixie]

I've found a cool util for those without 3.5 or higher:
https://aminet.net/package/util/wb/IconAppearer10

It updates files as they are created/deleted

[PeterK]

Originally Posted by pixie

I've found ... IconAppearer ... It updates files as they are created/deleted

Yes, that's a similar tool as AutoUpdateWB, which I always use, but it's not doing the same as RefreshIcons. Remapping all icons after a screenmode change is automatically done by the Workbench on v44+, which just calls the icon.library function IconControlA() twice, first by setting the screen pointer for all icons to NULL in order to release all previously allocated pens, and then again by mapping their colors to the palette of the new screen.

[PeterK]

A new test version 51.4.583 attached on page 1 (TC020, HB020, FastWB only).

Some small speed improvements 2-8% on chunky screens for icons with 64 colors or more and for WB v44+ only by using the cybergraphics WritePixelArray() function and the LUT8 format without C2P conversion or masks. This concerns only unselected icons and no deficons.

Nothing for Aros, DOpus5 or WB 3.0/3.1.