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+##
+## This file is part of the sigrok-meter project.
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2015 Jens Steinhauser <jens.steinhauser@gmail.com>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+##
+
+import qtcompat
+import resources
+
+QtCore = qtcompat.QtCore
+QtGui = qtcompat.QtGui
+
+def _load_icon(name):
+ icon = QtGui.QIcon()
+
+ nameFilters = ['{}-*'.format(name)]
+ it = QtCore.QDirIterator(':/icons/', nameFilters)
+ while it.hasNext():
+ filename = it.next()
+ icon.addFile(filename)
+
+ globals()[name] = icon
+
+def load_icons():
+ '''Loads all available icons in all sizes from the resource file.
+
+ A QApplication must have been created before this function can be called.
+ '''
+ _load_icon('about')
+ _load_icon('add')
+ _load_icon('exit')
+ _load_icon('graph')
+ _load_icon('log')
+ _load_icon('preferences')
+ _load_icon('start')
+ _load_icon('stop')