Q:

Is there a mono appindicator/notification area icon available for XChat?

Despite the steady reports of mono icons appearing for programs on sites like OMG! Ubuntu!, the popular XChat still seems to be missing a mono icon.
In addition to that. how can we recommend it for inclusion into the repository package?

A:

Use the mono icon
You will need administrator privileges (gksu, sudo, etc) to apply system-wide.

Save the mono icon, shown above.
Go to Terminal or press Alt+F2 execute this command gksu nautilus.
Navigate to the directory /user/share.
Paste the icon you downloaded into it.

Restart XChat if running.

I think it's bug but you won't be ale to see the icon immediately, you need to click where it's supposed to appear first.
Create mono icons
Requirements

Inkscape
Administrator privileges (sudo, gksu, etc)

Method

Open the terminal, type in gksu nautilus. This will launch Nautilus with superuser privileges.
Go to /usr/share/, and create a directory called xchat there.
Go to /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/24/ and open up xchat-panel.svg in Inkscape (as superuser too, open from the superuser Nautilus Window opened in first step).
On the menu, go to File, then Export Bitmap...
Click on Page, then make the Width and Height input boxes have a value of 48.
Click on Browse. Navigate to /usr/share/ then select xchat.png and save.
Export.

