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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2021-02-16 18:25:42 +0100
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2021-02-16 18:25:42 +0100
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@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
sane\-avision \- SANE backend for original Avision and Avision OEM scanners
(HP, Minolta, Mitsubishi, UMAX and possibly more) flatbed and film scanners.
-.SH ABOUT THIS FILE
-
-This file is a short description for the avision-backend shipped with SANE.
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B sane\-avision
@@ -16,7 +12,7 @@ library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that
provides access to various Avision scanners and the Avision OEM
scanners labelled by HP, Minolta, Mitsubishi or Fujitsu.
-It is fully big-endian aware and in every-day use on PowerPC and SPARC
+It is fully big-endian aware and in everyday use on PowerPC and SPARC
systems.
.B I suggest you hold one hand on the power-button of the scanner while
@@ -102,9 +98,14 @@ Where
.I scsi-spec
is the path-name to a special device or a device ID for the device that
corresponds to a SCSI scanner. The special device name must be a generic
-SCSI device or a symlink to such a device, for example on Linux "/dev/sga"
-or "/dev/sg0". The device ID is the ID returned by the scanner, for example
-"HP" or "AVISION". See sane\-scsi(5) for details.
+SCSI device or a symlink to such a device, for example on Linux
+.I /dev/sga
+or
+.IR /dev/sg0 .
+The device ID is the ID returned by the scanner, for example
+"HP" or "AVISION". See
+.BR sane\-scsi (5)
+for details.
.TP
Note:
Since the backend now includes native USB access,
@@ -116,10 +117,12 @@ the HP 53xx, HP 74xx or Minolta film-scanners.
.I usb-spec
is the USB device name, the vendor/product ID pair or the name used by
libusb corresponding to the USB scanner. For example "0x03f0 0x0701" or
-"libusb:002:003". See sane\-usb(5) for details.
+"libusb:002:003". See
+.BR sane\-usb (5)
+for details.
The program
-.IR sane\-find\-scanner
+.BR sane\-find\-scanner (1)
helps to find out the correct scsi or usb device name.
A list with supported devices is built into the avision backend so
@@ -147,13 +150,19 @@ contain the configuration file. Under UNIX, the directories are
separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated by a
semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the configuration file
is searched in two default directories: first, the current working
-directory (".") and then in @CONFIGDIR@. If the value of the
+directory (".") and then in
+.IR @CONFIGDIR@ .
+If the value of the
environment variable ends with the directory separator character, then
the default directories are searched after the explicitly specified
directories. For example, setting
.B SANE_CONFIG_DIR
-to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and
-"@CONFIGDIR@" being searched (in this order).
+to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories
+.IR tmp/config ,
+.IR . ,
+and
+.I @CONFIGDIR@
+being searched (in this order).
.TP
.B SANE_DEBUG_AVISION
If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
@@ -165,11 +174,14 @@ Example:
export SANE_DEBUG_AVISION=7
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-sane(7), sane\-scsi(5), sane\-usb(5)
+.BR sane (7),
+.BR sane\-scsi (5),
+.BR sane\-usb (5)
.br
-http://exactcode.com/site/open_source/saneavision/
+.I http://exactcode.com/site/open_source/saneavision
.SH MAINTAINER
Ren\['e] Rebe
+
.SH AUTHOR
Ren\['e] Rebe and Meino Christian Cramer