[sane-devel] how to detect the scan_source

[Oliver Schirrmeister]

Hi,

Wouldn't it be usefull to make it a well known option or provide a
function where a program can ask if the feeder is enabled?

Oliver

> Hi,
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:07:36PM +0100, Oliver Schirrmeister wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way to detect if the user wants to scan with
> 
> > the ADF or from flatbed? I've found SANE_NAME_SCAN_SOURCE
> 
> > but the value of that option depends on the backend?
> 
> 
> Yes, it's not a well-known option.
> 
> 
> > I'd like to write a tool like scanimage. The user can
> 
> > select the scanner and the scansource. If flatbed is 
> 
> > selected I want to scan one image only. If the ADF is
> 
> > selected I want to scan as long the ADF is not empty.
> 
> 
> XSane has an option setting that allows the user to select which of
> 
> the scan sources is an ADF. Maybe you can go that way.
>