macOS: Put the application icons in a frame

Bloody waste of time. In a few years somebody at Apple will decide
they like triangular icons or 3D icons or God knows what and I will have
to waste a few more hours of my life on their idiocy.

Author: kovidgoyal

icons/icns/make_iconsets.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 
 d, j, a = (getattr(os.path, x) for x in ('dirname', 'join', 'abspath'))
 base = d(a(__file__))
@@ -18,30 +19,45 @@
 if sys.argv[-1] == 'only-logo':
     sources = {'calibre':sources['calibre']}
 
-for name, src in sources.items():
-    iconset = name + '.iconset'
-    if os.path.exists(iconset):
-        shutil.rmtree(iconset)
-    os.mkdir(iconset)
-    os.chdir(iconset)
-    try:
-        for sz in (16, 32, 128, 256, 512, 1024):
-            iname = f'icon_{sz}x{sz}.png'
-            iname2x = f'icon_{sz // 2}x{sz // 2}@2x.png'
-            if src.endswith('.svg'):
-                subprocess.check_call(['rsvg-convert', src, '-w', str(sz), '-h', str(sz), '-o', iname])
-            else:
-                # We have a 512x512 png image
-                if sz == 512:
-                    shutil.copy2(src, iname)
+
+def render_svg(src, sz, dest):
+    subprocess.check_call(['rsvg-convert', src, '-w', str(sz), '-h', str(sz), '-o', dest])
+
+
+with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tdir:
+
+    def render_frame(sz: int):
+        f = os.path.join(tdir, f'frame-{sz}.png')
+        if not os.path.exists(f):
+            render_svg(j(imgsrc, 'frame.svg'), sz, f)
+        return f
+
+    def render_framed(sz: int, iname: str, shrink_factor: float = 0.76):
+        frame = render_frame(sz)
+        icon = os.path.join(tdir, f'icon-{sz}.png')
+        render_svg(src, int(shrink_factor * sz), icon)
+        subprocess.check_call(f'convert {frame} {icon} -gravity center -compose over -composite {iname}'.split())
+
+    for name, src in sources.items():
+        iconset = name + '.iconset'
+        if os.path.exists(iconset):
+            shutil.rmtree(iconset)
+        os.mkdir(iconset)
+        os.chdir(iconset)
+        try:
+            for sz in (16, 32, 128, 256, 512, 1024):
+                iname = f'icon_{sz}x{sz}.png'
+                iname2x = f'icon_{sz // 2}x{sz // 2}@2x.png'
+                if sz < 128:
+                    render_svg(src, sz, iname)
                 else:
-                    subprocess.check_call(['convert', src, '-resize', f'{sz}x{sz}', iname])
-            if sz > 16:
-                shutil.copy2(iname, iname2x)
-            if sz > 512:
-                os.remove(iname)
-            for name in (iname, iname2x):
-                if os.path.exists(name):
-                    subprocess.check_call(['optipng', '-o7', '-strip', 'all', name])
-    finally:
-        os.chdir('..')
+                    render_framed(sz, iname)
+                if sz > 16:
+                    shutil.copy2(iname, iname2x)
+                if sz > 512:
+                    os.remove(iname)
+                for name in (iname, iname2x):
+                    if os.path.exists(name):
+                        subprocess.check_call(['optipng', '-o7', '-strip', 'all', name])
+        finally:
+            os.chdir('..')

imgsrc/frame.svg

@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ def init_qt(args):
     # Ancient broken VNC servers cannot handle icons of size greater than 256
     # https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=278447
     ic = 'lt.png' if is_x11 else 'library.png'
-    app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(I(ic, allow_user_override=False)))
+    if not ismacos:
+        app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(I(ic, allow_user_override=False)))
     return app, opts, args
 
 

src/calibre/gui2/main.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from qt.core import QIcon
 
-from calibre.constants import EDITOR_APP_UID, islinux
+from calibre.constants import EDITOR_APP_UID, islinux, ismacos
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.check.css import shutdown as shutdown_css_check_pool
 from calibre.gui2 import Application, decouple, set_gui_prefs, setup_gui_option_parser
 from calibre.ptempfile import reset_base_dir
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ def _run(args, notify=None):
     from calibre.utils.webengine import setup_default_profile
     setup_default_profile()
     app.load_builtin_fonts()
-    app.setWindowIcon(QIcon.ic('tweak.png'))
+    if not ismacos:
+        app.setWindowIcon(QIcon.ic('tweak.png'))
     main = Main(opts, notify=notify)
     main.set_exception_handler()
     main.show()

src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/main.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 from qt.core import (
     QAction,
+    QApplication,
     QDockWidget,
     QEvent,
     QHBoxLayout,
@@ -285,7 +286,8 @@ def __init__(self, opts, notify=None):
             traceback.print_exc()
         self.setWindowTitle(self.APP_NAME)
         self.boss = Boss(self, notify=notify)
-        self.setWindowIcon(QIcon.ic('tweak.png'))
+        if not ismacos:
+            self.setWindowIcon(QApplication.instance().windowIcon())
         self.opts = opts
         self.path_to_ebook = None
         self.container = None

src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py

@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin,  # {{{
     def __init__(self, opts, parent=None, gui_debug=None):
         MainWindow.__init__(self, opts, parent=parent, disable_automatic_gc=True)
         self.setVisible(False)
-        self.setWindowIcon(QApplication.instance().windowIcon())
+        if not ismacos:
+            self.setWindowIcon(QApplication.instance().windowIcon())
         self.extra_files_watcher = ExtraFilesWatcher(self)
         self.jobs_pointer = Pointer(self)
         self.proceed_requested.connect(self.do_proceed,

src/calibre/gui2/ui.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from qt.core import QIcon, QObject, Qt, QTimer, pyqtSignal
 
-from calibre.constants import VIEWER_APP_UID, islinux
+from calibre.constants import VIEWER_APP_UID, islinux, ismacos
 from calibre.gui2 import Application, error_dialog, setup_gui_option_parser
 from calibre.gui2.listener import send_message_in_process
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.config import get_session_pref, vprefs
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ def run_gui(app, opts, args, internal_book_data, listener=None):
     acc = EventAccumulator(app)
     app.file_event_hook = acc
     app.load_builtin_fonts()
-    app.setWindowIcon(QIcon.ic('viewer.png'))
+    if not ismacos:
+        app.setWindowIcon(QIcon.ic('viewer.png'))
     migrate_previous_viewer_prefs()
     main = EbookViewer(
         open_at=opts.open_at, continue_reading=opts.continue_reading, force_reload=opts.force_reload,