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Joshua Emmons's first stab: I love everything about TextMate except the icon. It looks too much like a document (as opposed to an application). I agree with dan del piano all those here who are in support of gears and the color purple. Purple gears are rad.

Made in Illustrator, and thus can take on arbitrary size upon request. Looking forward to your comments.

Made in Illustrator, and thus can take on loan modification arbitrary size upon request. Looking forward to your comments.

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16px icon of 1st version: and of the 2nd one:\\

Eletronic Pad + World of Aqua

Simplicity

Letters

Little Guy

Key

Guy on different backgrounds

Key as an illustration

Key with brackets

Green Moleskine by Jason Evers

http://jason-evers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/green_moleskineTM.jpg

Check it out , comment on it

Check it out , comment on it , or Digg it

Red Moleskine by ~bigkobe

http://th01.deviantart.com/fs41/300W/i/2009/009/9/9/Red_Moleskine_by_bigkobe.jpg

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Green Moleskine by Gatorworks

http://gatorworks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/green_moleskineTM.jpg

This is a link to a package which includes a fancy new icon put together by a coder who got TextMate Fever / the Purple Plague and includes several other updates which you may pick and choose to use at will.

Check it out or comment on it

[Sticker Icon](http://elia.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/sticker_dock.jpg?w=600&h=95)

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A list of possible alternatives.

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[Sticker Icon](http://elia.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/sticker_dock.jpg?w=300&h=47)

http://elia.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/sticker_dock.jpg

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Download CS3-themed icon as JPEG

http://elia.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/sticker_dock.jpg?w=300&h=47

http://elia.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/sticker_dock.jpg

Stickers

Use the "System preferences" icon from David Lanham's "sticker pack 1":

http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/stkr1

Download CS3-themed icon as JPEG

Jonas's design: CS3 style icon below doesn't really blend with other CS3 icons, so I created a better one, that suites the style and size. If you have quite a lot Adobe programs in your dock, try this icon:

http://www.sniegas.net/stuff/icon.png

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http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i681435_icon.jpg

http://www.imagehosting.com/show.php/681435_icon.jpg.html

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/1804/textmatecs3fa9.jpg

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/1804/textmatecs3fa9.jpg

Edit: changed the gradient and colour slightly to be more in line with CS3.

- Steve Tobin

Download CS3-themed icon as JPEG

TextMate CS3

Another CS3 style icon. The font is wrong, the correct one is unreleased.

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7338/textmatecs3zk3.jpg

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7338/textmatecs3zk3.jpg

Steve Tobin

http://allinthehead.com/assets/img/osxeditorcolours.png

CS3-compatible

Created by Jay Elmore one day afer installing Adobe Creative Suite 3.

http://aycu31.webshots.com/image/14230/2005429310742171477_rs.jpg

Download CS3-themed icon as JPEG

- Any chance you could combine the purple and the right-hand metal gear and change the 'T' in the right-hand gear to an 'M' so that there are two interlocked gears - one purple and one metal - with a T in the first and an M in the second?

http://www.skia.net/media/textmate_dock.png http://www.skia.net/media/textmate_dock_med.png http://www.skia.net/media/textmate_dock_small.png

Textmate alternative icon by vladstudio:

http://vladstudio.com/files/textmate/textmate_vladstudio_preview.jpg

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I really wanted TextMate icon to be book, not list (to represent projects, not files). Made in Photoshop. Enjoy! :-)

The TextMate Halloween Theme 2006

http://public.serenity.de/halloween_icon.png

Jack-o’-Lantern Photograph by Toby Ord on 31 Oct 2003. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jack-o%27-Lantern_2003-10-31.jpg, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License

http://www.skia.net/media/TextMate.png http://www.skia.net/media/textmate_dock.png

Joshua Emmons's first stab: I love everything about TextMate except the icon. It looks too much like a document (as opposed to an application). I agree with all those here who are in support of gears and the color purple. Purple gears are rad.

http://www.skia.net/media/TextMate.png

Made in Illustrator, and thus can take on arbitrary size upon request. Looking forward to your comments.

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More colored folding icons + bookmark icon, more on the muted side.

More colored folding icons + bookmark icon, but a bit more muted.

http://www.ennuini.com/files/misc/BookmarkFlag.png http://www.ennuini.com/files/misc/FoldingTopCap.png http://www.ennuini.com/files/misc/FoldingBottomCap.png http://www.ennuini.com/files/misc/FoldingCollapsed.png http://www.ennuini.com/files/misc/FoldingEllipsis.png

http://www.ennuini.com/files/misc/screenshot.png

http://www.ennuini.com/files/misc/muted_TextMate_folding_icons.zip

- These Icons rock totally! - Caius

- I find myself going through the trouble of copying this into each Beta release's Resource folder because it's so easily recognizable in the Dock. - natebeaty

I made the colors of the “little guy” more saturated, and gave him red shoes and made the little antennae ball red. I lightened up the typewriter as well as gave it a cooler hue to help it recede into the background. I made the vertical height of the guy’s antennae shorter so that I could scale him up (which is why he is a little blurry at the full 128×128 pixel size). As a result the icon looks significantly better when scaled down. I also hand tweaked the 16×16 pixel icon to make sure his shoes stood out.

- To add my vote, I prefer the existing icon. The current icon implies the use of the program, as per the Apple Human Interface guidelines. I've got too many abstract shapes in my dock already.

Update (2005-07-08): This is now (and has been for some time) the new official icon. Wolfgang has provided me with the PSD for the image in various sizes and one big size.

Update (2005-07-08): This is now (and has been for some time) the new official icon. Wolfgang has provided me with the PSD for the image in various sizes and one big size.

Update (2005-07-08): This is now (and has been for some time) the new official icon. Wolfgang has provided me with the PSD for the image http://macromates.com/textmate/other/TextMate.psd? and one big size. -- Allan Odgaard

- 1 vote for icon resources for these :-D - MSpreij

What about Wolfgang Bartelme's alternative versions] to Jon's icons?

What about [[http://www.bartelme.at/showroom_detail.asp?detail=43] Wolfgang Bartelme's alternative versions] to Jon's icons? http://www.bartelme.at/material/textmate/textmate_02.png

I think, they're a nice improvement and a good example of open development, i.e. one building on another's ideas. Kudos to Jon and Wolfgang!

Chris Vincent's icon: http://passivedigressive.com/images/2005jan/tmicon.png (download)

Update: Ben P asked to see in different colors, so I took another stab at it. I tried purple first, since that is what people were thinking. But how about metal! See the three on the right. (No icon resources for these yet)

http://www.fonthead.com/projects/textmateicons_rnd2.jpg

- Wow, my favorite yet. That shape is easy to pick out of my dock. (Disclaimer: all the posted icons are better than what I can do.) - Eric Hsu

This is the one I use too. Simple and clean. I just made it a bit bigger, to match the size of other Text Editor's icons, and quickly made a doc and a project icon. - Fred B

Ethan Dunham's icon: I think the gear metaphor is the way to go. It speaks of the automation/text-crunching ability of the program, which is really the highlight. Since the focus of the program is on productivity and serious coding work, the icon should reflect that. The robot and AOL-guy/SubEthaEdit icon don't fit the idea of what this program is about, IMHO. Also, simple is better than complex. Looking at the icons in my dock, most are very "uncluttered." With that in mind, here's my version of the icon which breaks down nicely in size:

http://www.fonthead.com/projects/textmateicon.gif (Download) (email)

- Second that! Please, please adopt Jon's icon over the new SubEthaEdit ripoff that shipped with 1.1b3! - Alexander Payne

done from groundup using inkscape, inspired by subethaedits icon and the color-wheel one posted on the mailing list, thats why its purple. the itention was to make a more organic version of a textmate. some notes about this new icon (r59) are available at the mailing-list.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_87px.png 16px icon of 1st version: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_16.png and of the 2nd one: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_16_2.png\\

http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_87px.png 16px of 1st version: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_16.png and of the 2nd one: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_16_2.png\\

TorstenBecker's icon (download):
http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_87px.png http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_16.png http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_16_2.png\\

- I'll take Jon's in grape or cherry. Fantastic. - Chris Thomas

done from groundup using inkscape, inspired by subethaedits icon and the color-wheel one posted on the mailing list, thats why its purple. the itention was to make a more organic version of a textmate. some notes about this new icon are available at the mailing-list.

TorstenBecker's icon (download):
http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r59_87px.png
done from groundup using inkscape, inspired by subethaedits icon and the color-wheel one posted on the mailing list, thats why its purple. the itention was to make a more organic version of a textmate. some notes about this new icon are available at the mailing-list

http://www.eight7.com/repository/tmicon_preview.png (download)

http://www.eight7.com/repository/tmicon_preview.png (download)

- Done and done :). The download link now points to a internet enabled disk image, with six of my favorite late 90's iMac colors (aqua, lime, lemon, orange, cherry and grape). I'm sticking with lime, but I guess there's no accounting for taste :) - Jon Raphaelson

- Hey Jon's looks pretty good too! However, I think it has to be in purple... Palm Desktop, Excel and iTunes already occupy this part of the spectrum. - Eric Hsu

- Hey Jon's looks pretty good too! However, I think it has to be in purple... Palm Desktop, Excel and iTunes already occupy this part of the spectrum. - EricHsu

Jon Raphaelson's icon: http://www.eight7.com/repository/TextMate_final128.png (download)

A combination of a couple of ideas from the list. Try it before you knock it for not downsizing, the 48 is missing the text and the 32 and 16 are also missing the pen, which makes them actually really pretty good looking at small sizes. I like it in this green, but I have 6 or 7 other good color combos (think candy iMacs) on my hard drive, so if you want them, email me. Hope you like.

TorstenBecker's icon (download):
http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r27_87.png
done from groundup using inkscape, inspired by subethaedits icon and the color-wheel one posted on the mailing list, thats why its purple. the itention was to make a more organic version of a textmate.

Call me boring, but I like CV's simple icon! A good accent color. - Eric Hsu

Call me boring, but I like this simple icon! A good accent color. - Eric Hsu

''Call me boring, but I like this simple icon! A good accent color. - Eric Hsu

When placing a new brand into an existing market, one of the things to identify is the values presented within the brands of your competition. For icons, the overriding value to consider is that of colour.

identify is the values presented within the brands of your competition.''

When placing a new brand into an existing market, ''one of the things to

''When placing a new brand into an existing market, one of the things to identify is the values presented within the brands of your competition.''

For icons, the overriding value to consider is that of colour.

identify is the values presented within the brands of your competition.''' For icons, the overriding value to consider is that of colour.

'''When placing a new brand into an existing market, one of the things to identify is the values presented within the brands of your competition. For icons, the overriding value to consider is that of colour.'''

identify is the values presented within the brands of your competition. For icons, the overriding value to consider is that of colour.''

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041125/bb05a89a/typewriter-mate_v1-0001.png Little Guy

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041126/21e61f97/key-0001.png Key

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041126/82076c0f/TM-Logo-v1a-0001.png http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041126/82076c0f/TM-Logo-v1b-0001.png Guy on different backgrounds

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041126/b652a09b/textmate_keyboardkey.jpg Key as an illustration

download Key with man

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041124/60da49e6/TextMate_icon_2.jpg Key with brackets

Torsten Becker's icon:

Chris Vincent's icon: http://dris.dyndns.org:8080/external/images/tmicon.png

Profiles.Torsten Becker's icon: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r27_87.png

Dave Woodward's icon: http://www.onethirtyseven.com/images/4.gif

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041009/8a397d64/Picture5.pdf http://macromates.com/images/RobotBraces.png Braces + Robot braces

http://macromates.com/images/MickeyHand1.png http://macromates.com/images/MickeyHand2.png Mickeys Hand v1 + Mickeys Hand v2

A list of possible alternatives.

• Chris Vincent's icon: http://dris.dyndns.org:8080/external/images/tmicon.png

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I started from scratch and attempted an icon that looked a little more "Aqua-ish". Not incredibly unique, but perhaps preferable to some users.

Profiles.Torsten Becker's icon: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/tm/textmate_r27_87.png (download)

Dave Woodward's icon: http://www.onethirtyseven.com/images/4.gif (download)

I made the colors of the “little guy” more saturated, and gave him red shoes and made the little antennae ball red. I lightened up the typewriter as well as gave it a cooler hue to help it recede into the background. I made the vertical height of the guy�s antennae shorter so that I could scale him up (which is why he is a little blurry at the full 128�128 pixel size). As a result the icon looks significantly better when scaled down. I also hand tweaked the 16�16 pixel icon to make sure his shoes stood out.

Some icons harvested from the mailing list

Links are to the original letter with details.

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041009/8a397d64/Picture5.pdf !http://macromates.com/images/RobotBraces.png Braces + Robot braces

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041015/fc927820/tmicon-0001.png http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041015/fc927820/tmicon2-0001.png Eletronic Pad + World of Aqua

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041124/2c8140ea/textmate_icon_simple-0001.jpg Simplicity

http://macromates.com/images/MickeyHand1.png! !http://macromates.com/images/MickeyHand2.png Mickeys Hand v1 + Mickeys Hand v2

http://passivedigressive.com/external/images/tmicon.png Letters

Colored Folding Icons and Bookmark Icon

Stoplight theme coloring: http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041104/a7e12a15/FoldingTopCap-0001.png http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041104/a7e12a15/FoldingEllipsis-0001.png http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041104/a7e12a15/FoldingCollapsed-0001.png http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041104/a7e12a15/FoldingBottomCap-0001.png http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/attachments/20041104/a7e12a15/BookmarkFlag-0001.png

pdf screenshot of above icons in use

install instructions here: http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/2004-November/001211.html

Robot sightings

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/570000/images/_572903_smash300.jpg

Context

Color wheel

''When placing a new brand into an existing market, one of the things to identify is the values presented within the brands of your competition. For icons, the overriding value to consider is that of colour.''

Full letter

http://allinthehead.com/assets/img/osxeditorcolours.png