2001-05-13 15:57:57 +00:00
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2001-05-11
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1999-08-09 18:05:59 +00:00
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Here are some ideas under discussion for the next major revision of
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the SANE API:
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o Additional image data types, such as JPEG, MPEG, FlashPix, raw.
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These would be useful for devices that directly generate such
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formats (still cameras, for example). The raw image format could
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be used when no other format is applicable. This would allow to
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at least read and save the data in a file. This would probably
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have to be coupled with adding a function that lets a frontend
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tell the backend what level it supports, something like
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sane_set_level (int max_supported_level).
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[Based on suggestion by Andreas Beck <becka@charon.rz.beck-sw.de>]
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o Support for other multimedia types, such as audio. This probably
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would also require adding a write() interface to the SANE API.
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[Suggested by Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>.]
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2001-05-13 15:57:57 +00:00
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o add support for buttons etc. on the scanner/camera
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o add support for sending messages from the backend to the frontend
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(e.g. for warm up time)
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o Change of the version number system (the current standard version
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system is not really used in the SANE distribution).
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o add more frame types
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o add alpha channel so that RGBI scanners like Nikon LS-20 can
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send infra-red info back to gimp for post-processing
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o Might be nice if arbitrarily defined multiple channels, were possible.
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Some way of indicating the number of channels possible, and some
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details (wavelength, bandwidth, ...)
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o Don't call any other SANE function if sane_init() fails
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(status != SANE_STATUS_GOOD)
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see sane-devel archive for more ideas
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