From 481b251edd2b67e695dae8cf1a0ea8aa77846713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henning Geinitz Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 15:56:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2000-11-12 Henning Meier-Geinitz * doc/sane.tex: Fixed a typo. * doc/.cvsignore: Added the files produced by make ps. * README: Removed X-frontends. Point to sane-frontends and website. Some reformatting. * TODO: Updated concerning frontends split. * PROJECTS: Removed entries about frontends (now in sane-frontends/README) * PROBLEMS: Removed entries about frontends (now in sane-frontends/PROBLEMS) --- TODO | 50 +++++++++----------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 9fc4bfc8e..63de4fd9a 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -TODO (2000-11-08) +TODO (2000-11-12) ******** todo ******** @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ backends http://www.abaforum.es/martim/bird/otlinux.htm - addition to hp backend (support for SCL-based HP OfficeJets) http://hpoj.sourceforge.net + - add additions/bug fixes to microtek2 from Karsten Festag + * use DBG(...) instead of fprintf(stderr, ...) - microtek @@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ backends * check net/saned - net backend segfaults if saned isn't started - don't just ignore the byte-order for the image data (needed to - support depths > 8 bits/channel) + support depths > 8 bits/channel) * qcam: implement auto mode for brightness and black-level (don't just advertise it!) Actually, implement an auto "backend" instead @@ -62,48 +64,15 @@ doc frontends --------- - * Remove frontends (at least xscanimage/xcam) from distribution. Create - new package for frontends. - - * add new frondends (possibly to frontend package) (?) - - scanadf - - * add possibility to use external filters to xscanimage/xsane (?) - - * xscanimage/xcam: support depths > 8 bits/channel - - * xscanimage: provide both scale and textentry for ranges (make new widget) - - * xcam: provide access to option doc strings - - * xscanimage: scanning of images whose heights is not known a priori is not - supported yet; this is going to be important for handheld scanners. At - least the frontend shouldn't crash or produce invalid pnm files when - it gets a length of -1. - - * xcam: add dithering and support for SANE depths other than 8 bit (test - with Mustek backend, for example) - - * xcam: add recording feature (e.g., GIF, JPG, or MPEG) + * Remove frontends (at least xscanimage/xcam) from distribution. * dll: Rewrite to use libtool ltdl library - * For 3-pass scanners, xscanimage doesn't update the scan progress - bar properly between scans; the scanner seems to be faster than - xscanimage can write to disk (problem: seek for every byte). This - doesn't happen as GIMP-plugin. It doesn't happen in blocking mode - either. - * Add a check in the frontends if the backend delivers more data than it announced by sane_get_parameters to avoid segfaults with bad backends? - * Adapt xscanimage to new GIMP API. Try to make it backwards compatible - with old GIMP versions if possible. Maybe two source/header files - for compatibility with old API? - - * xcam: if the user quits xcam by the window manager, the process isn't - killed, only the window is closed + [the remaining entries have been moved to the sane-frontends package] sanei ----- @@ -151,15 +120,14 @@ misc - install sane-uninstall script. Advantage: uninstall possible without sourcecode - * configure --without-x doesn't work (doesn't matter when frontends - are removed from package) - * use #include "../include/sane..." instead of #include * use #include "../include/lalloca.h" instead of #include ******** done ******** - +* configure --without-x doesn't work (doesn't matter when frontends + are removed from package) +* Create new package for frontends. * 0 is white for sane in lineart and halftone, however, 0 is black for the other modes. Possible reason: pnm data format. The SANE standard doesn't talk about this (added point to SANE standard)