gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg(1)

💖 gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the GTK commands section of your manual. this one's about gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg, aka your symbolic icon conversion utility. she's a little niche, she's a little deprecated, and she absolutely still slays. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg — the symbolic icon conversion utility, no cap 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg [OPTIONS...] <PATH> <WIDTH>x<HEIGHT>

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg takes your symbolic SVG icons and converts them into specially prepared PNG files. and GTK can load and recolor these PNGs — literally just like the original SVGs — but the loading? wayyy faster. it's giving glow-up but for performance 💅

PATH is the name of a symbolic SVG file, and WIDTH x HEIGHT are the desired dimensions for the generated PNG file. yes, you gotta give her both. fr fr.

and to keep them from getting confused with ordinary PNGs, the generated files get the extension .symbolic.png — iconic little name tag, we love to see it 🏷️✨

⚠️ okay important heads up bestie: starting with 4.20, GTK can handle symbolic svgs without this preparation. so this tool is not recommended anymore. she still works, she's just living in her retired-era era 😭💀

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -o, --output DIRECTORY — writes the png files into DIRECTORY instead of dropping them in the current working directory. very "put it somewhere specific" of you 🫶
• --debug — generates PNG files of the various channels during the conversion. here's the useful bit: if those files are not monochrome green, they're often helpful for pinpointing the problematic parts of the source SVG. so it's like a little diagnostic vibe check for your icon 🔍🌸

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💜 a lil sign-off 💜

that's the whole page, bestie — nothing more, nothing less, we kept every single flag and detail intact because that's just how we do it here. this manual page comes to you from the GTK crew (the gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg(1) page, filed under GTK commands). go forth, convert responsibly, and remember: --debug is your friend when your SVG is acting up 🙈✨🍓