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| -rw-r--r-- | src/xsane-WIN32.txt | 85 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/src/xsane-WIN32.txt b/src/xsane-WIN32.txt index e7476dc..5e5a79f 100644 --- a/src/xsane-WIN32.txt +++ b/src/xsane-WIN32.txt @@ -1,9 +1,7 @@ README for xsane for win32:
-This is an early Version of xsane for win32.
-It may have several bugs. It is not tested very well
-but short tests looked very good.
+This is a win32 of xsane. It may have some bugs.
This version supports:
- preview scan, preview zoom
@@ -11,19 +9,19 @@ This version supports: - handling of all backend options
- helpfiles
- copy mode (printing via ghostscript, see section "copy mode")
- - gimp-plugin
+ - gimp-plugin (if compiled in)
It does not support:
- fax mode (no compatible faxsoftware)
- - internationalization not set up correct
Installation:
=============
- unpack the archiv to c:\
that creates the directory c:\Sane with several files
- you do not need to copy any files, simply call xsane or scanimage
+ you do not need to copy any files, simply call c:\sane\bin\xsane or
+ c:\sane\bin\scanimage
- Sane MUST BE installed in c:\sane because the paths are hardcoded.
Xsane will not work correct if you install it at any other place!
@@ -31,10 +29,10 @@ Installation: - make sure you have a directory c:\temp (or whatever you
define as temporary directory in xsane's setup)
- - there are two icons (xsane-32x32.ico and xsane-48x48.ico)
- that you can use if you set a link from xsane.exe to your desktop,
- for that use right mouse button and change properties of the link,
- change icon and select "c:\sane\xsane-??x??.ico"
+ - there are three icons (xsane.ico, xsane-32x32.ico and xsane-48x48.ico)
+ in c:\sane\bin that you can use if you set a link from xsane.exe to
+ your desktop, for that use right mouse button and change properties
+ of the link, change icon and select "c:\sane\bin\xsane-??x??.ico"
Configuration:
@@ -45,38 +43,49 @@ Configuration: system IP-addresses are not accepted; if you experience
any problems try the NetBUI names.
-example for net.conf:
-myhost1
-myhost2.mydomain.com
-192.168.0.1
-192.169.1.73
+ example for net.conf:
+ myhost1
+ myhost2.mydomain.com
+ 192.168.0.1
+ 192.169.1.73
- you also can start xsane with host:backend:device given as command line option:
- xsane 192.168.0.1:umax:/dev/scanner
-or
- xsane myhost:umax:/dev/scanner
+ you also can start xsane with net:host:backend:device given as command line option:
+ xsane net:192.168.0.1:umax:/dev/scanner
+ or
+ xsane net:myhost:umax:/dev/scanner
+
+
+Localisation:
+=============
+ You have to set the environment variable LANG to the language
+ you want to select, for e.g. german this looks like this:
+ set LANG=de
+ xsane
+ It is a good idea to do this in a script that is started at system boot,
+ e.g. in autoexec.bat
Copy-Mode:
===========
-If you want to use copy mode, you need ghostscript for win32.
-You can download it e.g. from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
-Enter Setup/Copy options:
-enter as Command:
+ If you want to use copy mode, you need ghostscript for win32.
+ You can download it e.g. from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
+ Enter Setup/Copy options:
+ enter as Command:
c:/gs/gs6.50/bin/gswin32c -sDEVICE=mswinpr2 -dNOPAUSE -
-Pay attention: you have to use "/", donīt use "\".
-With sDEVICE=mswinpr2 you select the Printer Dialog of Windows.
+ Pay attention: you have to use "/", donīt use "\".
+ With sDEVICE=mswinpr2 you select the Printer Dialog of Windows.
-You also can enter DEVICE-name of your printer (e.g. laserjet).
-To get a list of available device names open a dos box,
-and call c:\gs\gs6.50\bin\gswin32c -h
+ You also can enter DEVICE-name of your printer (e.g. laserjet).
+ To get a list of available device names open a dos box,
+ and call c:\gs\gs6.50\bin\gswin32c -h
Gimp-Plugin:
===========
-If you want to use xsane as gimp plugin,
-copy xsane.exe and *.dll to the GIMPīs plug-ins driectory
-(e.g. c:\Program Files\GIMP\plug-ins)
+ (Does only work when xsane.exe is compiled as gimp plugin)
+ If you want to use xsane as gimp plugin,
+ copy xsane.exe and *.dll to the GIMPīs plug-ins driectory
+ (e.g. c:\Program Files\GIMP\plug-ins)
Support:
@@ -100,24 +109,26 @@ Licence: * The sourcecode of xsane can be found at http://www.xsane.org
- * The sourcecode of sane can be found at http://www.mostang.com/sane
+ * The sourcecode of sane can be found at http://www.sane-project.org
* For any information about cygwin take a look at http://cygwin.com
* For any information about gtk/gdk for win32 take a look at
- http://user.sgic.fi/~tml/gimp/win32/
+ http://www.gtk.org or http://www.gimp.org/win32/
Compile it yourself:
====================
- * In xsane.WIN32-compilation I wrote down what I did to create xsane.exe
+ * There is an instruction in the file xsane.WIN32-compilation
Contact:
========
You can contact me via email: Oliver.Rauch@rauch-domain.de
- but don`t ask for help/support for xsane-win32, I do not have the
- time to give support to it and want to use my free time to
- work on the code - please understand that.
+ bugreports, bugfixes and feature requests (that are not
+ already listed) are welcome. Please don`t ask for help/support
+ for xsane-win32, I do not have the time to give support for it,
+ I want to use my free time to work on the code - please understand
+ that.
Oliver Rauch
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