Make QIconloader use resource directory as fallback

Instead of using different paths on Mac and Windows we now simply
use ":\icons" on all platforms. It is a little more effort to create
resources but it is certainly the Qt way to do it. :)

Reviewed-by: ogoffart

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/gui/image/qicon.cpp b/src/gui/image/qicon.cpp
index a4ea6af196..e23677fe70 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qicon.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qicon.cpp
@@ -888,10 +888,9 @@ void QIcon::setThemeSearchPaths(const QStringList &paths)
     On X11, the search path will use the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment
     variable if available.
 
-    On Windows the search path defaults to [Application Directory]/icons
-
-    On Mac the default search path will search in the
-    [Contents/Resources/icons] part of the application bundle.
+    By default all platforms will have the resource directory
+    ":\icons" as their fallback. You can use "rcc -project"
+    to generate a resource file from your icon theme.
 
     \sa setThemeSearchPaths(), fromTheme(), setThemeName()
 */
@@ -906,7 +905,7 @@ QStringList QIcon::themeSearchPaths()
     Sets the current icon theme to \a name.
 
     The \a name should correspond to a directory name in the
-    current themeSearchPath() containing an index.theme
+    themeSearchPath() containing an index.theme
     file describing it's contents.
 
     \sa themeSearchPaths(), themeName()
@@ -939,10 +938,6 @@ QString QIcon::themeName()
     icon theme. If no such icon is found in the current theme
     \a fallback is return instead.
 
-    To use an icon theme on Windows or Mac, you will need to
-    bundle a compliant theme with your application and make sure
-    it is located in your themeSarchPaths.
-
     The lastest version of the freedesktop icon specification and naming
     spesification can be obtained here:
     http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html