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@@ -47,9 +47,15 @@ The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that support dy
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.TP
.B SANE_CONFIG_DIR
-This environment variable specifies the list of directories that may 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
+This environment variable specifies the list of directories that may contain the
+configuration file. On *NIX systems, 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
.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
+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
.IR "/tmp/config" ,
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ To obtain debug messages from the backend, set this environment variable before
Example: SANE_DEBUG_MAGICOLOR=65 xscanimage
.SH "KNOWN BUGS AND RESTRICTIONS"
.PP
-Large color scans may sometimes timeout due to unknown reasons (the scanner simply stops returning data)
+Large color scans may sometimes timeout due to unknown reasons (the scanner simply stops returning data).
.PP
Cancelling large scans may lock up the scanner.