Categorized icon list
=====================

Input methods
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- scim-anthy.png (Anthy)
- scim-canna.png (Canna)
- scim-prime.png (PRIME)
- taiyaki.xcf    (source of scim-prime.png)
- scim-skk.png   (SKK)
- scim-wnn.png   (Wnn)

- skk.svg        (another version for SKK)
- tcode.svg      (T-Code)
- tutcode.svg    (TUT-Code)
- byeoru.svg     (Byeoru)
- direct.svg     ("pass through" input method)
- im_subst.svg   (substitutional icon for icon-less uim input methods)

- wb86.svg       (WuBi86)
- zm.svg         (ZhengMa)

Japanese kana input methods
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- ja_romaji.svg
- ja_kana.svg
- ja_act.svg
- ja_azik.svg
- ja_kzik.svg
- ja_nicola.svg
- ja_pocketbell.svg

Input modes
-----------

- off.svg
- on.svg

- direct_input.svg

- ja_direct.svg
- ja_halfwidth_alnum.svg
- ja_fullwidth_alnum.svg
- ja_hiragana.svg
- ja_katakana.svg
- ja_halfkana.svg

- ko_direct.svg
- ko_hangulchar.svg
- ko_hangulword.svg

- prime_mode_application.svg (a special input mode for PRIME)

Tools
-----

- im_switcher.svg
- uim-dict.svg

Others
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- null.png
- unknown.svg
- uim-icon64.png
- uim-icon48.png
- uim-gray.png


Design origin of each icon
--------------------------

Input method icons are designed based on these rules.

- Easily identifiable what input method is symbolized

- Easily distinguishable from a list of other input method icons

- Simple detail is perferred to reduce visual recognition cost of
  users, especially on a situation selecting an item from tens of
  icons. Appropriately detailed icons make such selection quicker
  (input method switcher menu is supposed)

- Prepare ${id}_dark_background.png in addition to normal one if
  the ${id}.png doens't fit with dark background toolkit themes


scim-anthy.png
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The crown symbolizes the enthusiastic origin of the input method
'Anthy' named by its author Yusuke TABATA. And the icon designer only
considered its symbolized origin, beauty and visual
identifiability. No other meaning or functionality was added.

So this icon only indicates that "this icon symbolizes Anthy" to
users. There is no relation with its functionality or behavior.


scim-prime.png
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The taiyaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyaki) is the personal
emblem of the author of PRIME Hiroyuki Komatsu. Since the icon is
well-known in Japan via his homepage (http://taiyaki.org/), Japanese
users can easily tie this icon with his product PRIME.

So this icon only indicates that "this icon symbolizes PRIME" to
users. There is no relation with its functionality or behavior.


skk.svg
~~~~~~~

This is a direct reflection of the well-known conversion-mode
indicator of SKK
(http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~apricots/uimskk/tutorial.html#con). And the
cool and dark color is tied with the acute shape and the "for experts"
image of SKK.


tcode.svg
~~~~~~~~~

The input stroke chart (http://openlab.jp/tcode/intro.html#stroke-table)
of T-Code.


tutcode.svg
~~~~~~~~~~~

Likewise. Since T-Code and TUT-Code is rarely used simultaneously,
the exactly same icon is reused although it is a bad idea.


im_switcher.svg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The situation "Select one item from a list" is iconified. Each bar
symbolizes an item, and the colored bar stuck out means selected one.
