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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2021-05-18 07:43:35 +0200
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2021-05-18 07:43:35 +0200
commit9f8889f928ce86ba4a78659d378c6ba29bc9f735 (patch)
treec9567cb0d015b68ce3da8d03472b6443f1cb1ca9 /doc/sane-pint.man
parent446e9454b8cbe5b689149415d11d36e88442ca88 (diff)
parent154785ab2d5df7ddc8c2cf813b773c340e5e2aea (diff)
Merge branch 'release/debian/1.0.32-1'debian/1.0.32-1
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diff --git a/doc/sane-pint.man b/doc/sane-pint.man
index 1a59608..b6dd181 100644
--- a/doc/sane-pint.man
+++ b/doc/sane-pint.man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that
provides generic access to hand-held and flatbed scanners using the
PINT (PINT Is Not Twain) device driver. The PINT driver is being
actively developed on the OpenBSD platform, and has been ported to a
-few other *nix-like operating systems.
+few other *NIX-like operating systems.
.PP
PINT is designed to provide an
.BR ioctl (2)
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ If have successfully used the PINT driver with your scanner, but it
does not work using this SANE backend, please let us know. To do
this, send a mail with the relevant information for your scanner to
.IR sane\-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net .
-Have a look at http://www.sane\-project.org/mailing\-lists.html concerning subscription
-to sane\-devel.
+Have a look at
+.I http://www.sane\-project.org/mailing\-lists.html
+concerning subscription to sane\-devel.
.SH "DEVICE NAMES"
This backend expects device names of the form:
@@ -76,21 +77,29 @@ 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" ,
+.BR "." ,
+and
+.I "@CONFIGDIR@"
+being searched (in this order).
.TP
.B SANE_DEBUG_PINT
If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
environment variable controls the debug level for this backend. E.g.,
a value of 128 requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller
levels reduce verbosity.
+
.SH SEE ALSO
-sane(7)
+.BR sane (7)
+
.SH AUTHOR
Gordon Matzigkeit, adapted from existing backends written by David
Mosberger.