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- 2006-05-10
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- This directory contains various tools that may be useful:
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- hotplug/:
- Linux hotplug script and an automatically generated config file
- (libsane.usermap) used to change the permissions on the libusb "device
- nodes" in /proc/bus/usb/ when a scanner is plugged in. For newer Linux
- kernels, you may need to use udev instead. Please read the README file
- in this directory for instructions.
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- hotplug-ng/:
- Linux hotplug-ng script and an automatically generated config file
- (libsane.db) used to change the permissions on the libusb "device nodes"
- in /proc/bus/usb/ when a scanner is plugged in. For newer Linux kernels,
- you may need to use udev instead. Please read the README file in this
- directory for instructions.
-
- udev/:
- Contains a automatically generated udev rules file. udev now replaces
- hotplug and provides all the functionalities of hotplug. libusb 0.1.12
- or newer is necessary.
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- sane-find-scanner:
- Attempts to find a SCSI scanner attached to your system.
- Invoke with "sane-find-scanner -h" to get command-line
- syntax. More details can be found in the man page
- sane-find-scanner(1).
-
- xerox:
- A simple script to make photocopies ("xeroxing"). In
- the script, you may need to adjust the device name
- assigned to variable DEV and the resolution assigned
- to variable RES as well as the paper with and height
- (variables WIDTH and HEIGHT, respectively.
-
- mustek600iin-off:
- Allows you to turn off a Mustek 600 II N scanner.
- Use "make mustek600iin-off" to compile.
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- umax_pp:
- Command line utility to scan on UMAX astra 1220P,
- 1600P and 2000P, without using the backend. So that
- scanner protocol can be tested directly.
-
- gamma4scanimage: Creates a gamma table in the format expected by scanimage.
- You can define a gamma value, shadow and highlight.
- Take a look at manual page gamma4scanimage for further information.
-
- RenSaneDlls.cmd: Convert backend-DLL-filenames according to 8.3 naming
- convention necessary for DLLs on OS/2.
-
- Maybe useful for SANE developers:
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- sane-config:
- Show SANE version, linker flags etc. Might be useful for
- frontend developers.
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- sane-desc:
- Generate SANE webpages (and ASCII lists) from backend .desc files.
- Run "sane-desc --help" for details. The default lists are generated
- in doc/Makefile.
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- check-po.awk:
- Print untranslated and fuzzy messages and their line numbers in the
- source code and po file. Example:
- cd po/ ; ../tools/check-po.awk sane-backends.de.po
- You may need to adjust the path of awk in the first line of the
- script. More documentation is in the script itself.
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