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| author | Vanilla I. Shu <vanilla@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-22 09:13:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Vanilla I. Shu <vanilla@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-22 09:13:27 +0000 |
| commit | 2f976830b245def13610faf6fe0aee6de6ffae20 (patch) | |
| tree | 1f03b4f1cd3e373a63edf032059898683ea883d0 /graphics/sane-backends/pkg-descr | |
| parent | 12df99274b885e387606f71cd7778e3675f237bd (diff) | |
| download | ports-2f976830b245def13610faf6fe0aee6de6ffae20.tar.gz ports-2f976830b245def13610faf6fe0aee6de6ffae20.zip | |
Upgrade to 1.0.4,
sane split to 2 ports now, sane-backends and sane-frontends.
PR: ports/24931
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru <tkato@prontomail.ne.jp>
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=40194
Diffstat (limited to 'graphics/sane-backends/pkg-descr')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/graphics/sane-backends/pkg-descr b/graphics/sane-backends/pkg-descr index ea85009d7c4a..2b465338c49a 100644 --- a/graphics/sane-backends/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/sane-backends/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,14 @@ -SANE is a universal scanner interface. The value of such a universal -interface is that it allows writing just one driver per image acquisition -device rather than one driver for each device and application. So, if you -have three applications and four devices, traditionally you'd have had to -write 12 different programs. With SANE, this number is reduced to seven: -the three applications plus the four drivers. Of course, the savings get -even bigger as more and more drivers and/or applications are added. +SANE ("Scanner Access Now Easy") is a universal scanner interface. +The value of such a universal interface is that it allows writing +just one driver per image acquisition device rather than one driver +for each device and application. So, if you have three applications +and four devices, traditionally you'd have had to write 12 different +programs. With SANE, this number is reduced to seven: the three +applications plus the four drivers. Of course, the savings get even +bigger as more and more drivers and/or applications are added. + +sane-backends cotains documentation, several backends, scanimage +command line frontend, and networking support. For other/graphical +frontends take a look at sane-frontends and/or xsane. WWW: http://www.mostang.com/sane/ |