Best way to create Windows .ico file for Emacs?

[Ken Brown]

On 7/2/2009 1:20 PM, KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) wrote:
> I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I've spent several minutes searching
> resources for the proper way to do this, but I just can't find it.
> 
> I have Cygwin Emacs 23.0.92 installed, which includes the "emacs.icon"
> file, which I believe is an XPM file.  I need to create a Windows ICO
> file.  Searching the net, I find 8 zillion tools for image conversion,
> including many that provide the path that I need (xpm->ico), but what
> I'm wondering is if there's a tool already installed (or available) with
> Cygwin that can do this.  I looked through the ImageMagick man page and
> didn't see it, which was the only obvious thing I knew to look at.

The emacs source contains several windows .ico files in the directory 
nt/icons.  You can either download the source and locate them or you can 
find them in the CVS repository:

   http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/nt/icons/?root=emacs

Ken

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