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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<B>xscanimage</B> [<B>--version</B>|<B>-V</B>] [<B>--help</B>|<B>-h</B>] [<B>--display</B> <I>d</I>] [<B>--no-xshm</B>]
[<B>--sync</B>] [<I>devicename</I>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<B>xscanimage</B> provides a graphical user-interface to control an image
acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner or a camera. It allows
previewing and scanning invidual images and can be invoked either
directly from the command-line or through The GIMP image manipulation
program. In the former case, <B>xscanimage</B> acts as a stand-alone program
that saves acquired images in a suitable PNM format (PBM for black-and-
white images, PGM for grayscale images, and PPM for color images). In
the latter case, the images are directly passed to The GIMP for further
processing.
<B>xscanimage</B> accesses image acquisition devices through the SANE (Scanner
Access Now Easy) interface. The list of available devices depends on
installed hardware and configuration. When invoked without an explicit
devicename argument, <B>xscanimage</B> presents a dialog listing of all known
and available devices. If the environment variable SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE
is set to the devicename, the device is preselected in the dialog. To
access an available device that is not known to the system, the device-
name must be specified explicitly. The format of devicename is backend-
name:devicefile (e.g. umax:/dev/sga).
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<H2>RUNNING UNDER THE GIMP</H2><PRE>
To run <B>xscanimage</B> under the <B><A HREF="gimp.1.html">gimp(1)</A></B>, simply copy it to one of the
<B><A HREF="gimp.1.html">gimp(1)</A></B> plug-ins directories. If you want to conserve disk-space, you
can create a symlink instead. For example, for gimp-1.0.x the command
ln -s /usr/local/bin/xscanimage ~/.gimp/plug-ins/
and for gimp-1.2.x the command
ln -s /usr/local/bin/xscanimage ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/
adds a symlink for the <B>xscanimage</B> binary to the user's plug-ins direc-
tory. After creating this symlink, <B>xscanimage</B> will be queried by
<B><A HREF="gimp.1.html">gimp(1)</A></B> the next time it's invoked. From then on, <B>xscanimage</B> can be
invoked through "File-&gt;Acquire-&gt;Xscanimage-&gt;Device dialog..." menu
entry.
You'll also find that the "File-&gt;Acquire-&gt;Xscanimage" menu contains
short-cuts to the SANE devices that were available at the time <B>xscanim-</B>
<B>age</B> was queried. For example, the first PNM pseudo-device is typically
available as the short-cut "File-&gt;Acquire-&gt;Xscanimage-&gt;pnm:0". Note
that <B><A HREF="gimp.1.html">gimp(1)</A></B> caches these short-cuts in ~/.gimp/pluginrc. Thus, when
the list of available devices changes (e.g., a new scanner is
installed), then it is typically desirable to rebuild this cache. To
do this, you can either <B><A HREF="touch.1.html">touch(1)</A></B> the <B>xscanimage</B> binary (e.g., "touch
/usr/local/bin/xscanimage") or delete the plug-ins cache (e.g., "rm
~/.gimp/plug-ins"). Either way, invoking <B><A HREF="gimp.1.html">gimp(1)</A></B> afterwards will cause
the pluginrc to be rebuilt.
buggy X11 servers. Unless your X11 server dies when running this pro-
gram, there is no need or advantage to specify this flag.
The <B>--sync</B> flag requests a synchronous connection with the X11 server.
This is for debugging purposes only.
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2><PRE>
<B>SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE</B>
The default device-name. Example:
SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE="hp:/dev/scanner".
<B>SANE_DEBUG_XSCANIMAGE</B>
This environment variable controls the debug level xscanimage.
Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.
Value Descsription
0 print fatal errors
1 print errors
2 print warnings
3 print information messages
4 print everything
Example:
SANE_DEBUG_XSCANIMAGE=3
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<H2>FILES</H2><PRE>
<I>$HOME/.sane/xscanimage/xscanimage.rc</I>
This files holds the user preferences. Normally, this file
should not be manipulated directly. Instead, the user should
customize the program through the "Preferences" dialog.
<I>$HOME/.sane/xscanimage/devicename.rc</I>
For each device, there is one rc-file that holds the saved set-
tings for that particular device. Normally, this file should
not be manipulated directly. Instead, the user should use the
<B>xscanimage</B> interface to select appropriate values and then save
the device settings using the "Preferences-&gt;Save Device Set-
tings" menubar entry.
<I>$HOME/.sane/preview-devicename.ppm</I>
After acquiring a preview, <B>xscanimage</B> normally saves the preview
image in this device-specific file. Thus, next time the program
is started up, the program can present the old preview image.
This feature can be turned off through the "Preferences-&gt;Preview
Options..." dialog.
<I>/usr/local/share/sane-style.rc</I>
This system-wide file controls the aspects of the user-interface
such as colors and fonts. It is a GTK style file and provides
fine control over the visual aspects of the user-interface.
<I>$HOME/.sane/sane-style.rc</I>
This file serves the same purpose as the system-wide style file.
If present, it takes precedence over the system wide style file.
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