Text editor backup and temporary files like *~ are a per developer
issue, add them to your global .gitignore. Other dot-files should
be ignored on a case-by-case basis.
default buffer-mode to off
improved error handling in sane_start
image width must be multiple of 8 when swcrop is used before binarization (iX500)
check hopper sensor before calling object_position(load) on iX500