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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2014-10-06 14:00:40 +0200
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2014-10-06 14:00:40 +0200
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+2006-05-10
+
+This directory contains various tools that may be useful:
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+
+ openbsd/:
+ Contains example scripts for hotplugd(8) for USB scanners accessed via
+ libusb.
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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:
+
+ sane-config:
+ Show SANE version, linker flags etc. Might be useful for
+ frontend developers.
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+