Gimp plugin

• Viewer mode
• Save mode
• Copy mode
• Multipage mode
• Fax mode
• E-mail mode
• Gimp plugin

• Gamma correction
• Brightness
• Contrast
• Threshold
• RGB default
• Negative
• Autoenhancement
• Default
• Restore
• Store
• Histogram window
• Pipette functions

• Pipette white
• Pipette gray
• Pipette black
• Unzoom
• Zoom out
• Zoom in
• Undo zoom
• Autoselect scanarea
• Autoraise scanarea
• Select visible area
• Delete preview cache
• Preset area
• Rotation
• Aspect ratio
• RGB values
• Select scanarea
• Move scanarea

• Empty batch list
• Open batch list
• Save batch list
• Add area to list
• Remove selection
• Rename selection
• Rotate image
• Mirror image

• Copy setup
• Display setup
• Enhancement setup
• Fax setup
• Filetype setup
• E-mail setup
• Saving setup
• Color management setup

If XSane is started as Gimp plugin, the scanned image automatically is transfered to the Gimp.






To start xsane as a GIMP plugin, you have to set a symbolic link from the xsane binary to a GIMP plug-ins directory. In the following examples we assume that xsane is located in /usr/local/bin:


gimp-1.0.x:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/xsane ~/.gimp/plug-ins/

You can start xsane from the GIMP menu Xtns/Xsane

gimp-1.1.x:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/xsane ~/.gimp-1.1/plug-ins/

until gimp-1.1.9 you can start xsane from the GIMP menu Xtns/Xsane
since gimp-1.1.10 you can start xsane from the GIMP menu File/Acquire

gimp-1.2.x:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/xsane ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/

You can start xsane from the GIMP menu File/Acquire.

The GIMP´s XSane or Acquire menu contains short-cuts to the SANE devices that were available at the time xsane was queried.

Note that gimp(1) caches these short-cuts in ~/.gimp/pluginrc. Thus, when the list of available devices changes (e.g., a new scanner is installed or the device of the scanner has changed), then it is typically desirable to rebuild this cache. To do this, you can either touch(1) the xsane binary (e.g.,"touch /usr/local/bin/xsane") or delete the plugin cache (e.g., "rm ~/.gimp*/pluginrc"). Either way, invoking gimp(1) afterwards will cause the pluginrc to be rebuilt.

If xsane is started as GIMP plugin it always sends the scanned image to the GIMP. Copy and fax mode can not selected when xsane runs as GIMP plugin!