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+# ##### BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+#
+#  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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ##### END GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+
+
+import os
+import bpy
+
+# We can store multiple preview collections here,
+# however in this example we only store "main"
+icon_collections = {}
+
+icons_read = {
+    'fp.png': 'free',
+    'flp.png': 'full',
+}
+
+
+def register_icons():
+    # Note that preview collections returned by bpy.utils.previews
+    # are regular py objects - you can use them to store custom data.
+    import bpy.utils.previews
+    pcoll = bpy.utils.previews.new()
+
+    # path to the folder where the icon is
+    # the path is calculated relative to this py file inside the addon folder
+    icons_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "thumbnails")
+
+    # load a preview thumbnail of a file and store in the previews collection
+    for ir in icons_read.keys():
+        pcoll.load(icons_read[ir], os.path.join(icons_dir, ir), 'IMAGE')
+
+    icon_collections["main"] = pcoll
+
+
+def unregister_icons():
+    for pcoll in icon_collections.values():
+        bpy.utils.previews.remove(pcoll)
+    icon_collections.clear()