[sane-devel] How can I view *.pnm saved files??

Martin Collins martin at mkcollins.org
Sun Jul 30 22:44:19 UTC 2006


On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:41:14 -0400
William Case <billlinux at rogers.com> wrote:

> Perhaps it's not possible, but I saved some scanned images and then
> closed Xscan.  Later, I wanted to view in the view window those
> images to work with them without re-scanning. I tried using the
> file browser but it didn't seem to do anything.
> 
> Maybe I am being dumb, but I can't see a way using Xsane how to
> reopen those files?  Is this a command line thing?

Xsane is for scanning. Use an image manipulation program for, er,
manipulating images. The Gimp is the obvious choice but there are
others.
Do one thing and do it well is the Unix Way. There is an Xsane plugin
for The Gimp if you want a more integrated approach.

Martin



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