https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488716
Bug ID: 488716
Summary: Wishlist: configurable incrementor for file naming
Classification: Applications
Product: Skanlite
Version: 24.05.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kare.s...@iki.fi
Reporter: sergio.calleg...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Skanlite is capable of auto-naming files resulting from scanning multiple pages
by adding a numeric suffix to a file-name prefix (e.g. `scan_page-####.png`).
Would be great if the numeric suffix could be updated based on a user-specified
increment and a user specified start value rather than using "+1" and the
current value only.
Rationale:
1) Most home users can only afford non-duplex automatic document feeders in
their scanners. With these you need to first scan the odd pages, then turn
around the page-pack and scan the even ones. If you want to have the files
corresponding to the pages correctly numbered and you have *n* pieces of paper,
corresponding to 2n pages, then you should first do the odd sides using
increment +2 and start value m, then the even ones using increment -2 and start
value m+2n-1.
2) Most home users can only afford cheap automatic document feeders that often
pick up two pages at once. When you realize it and you scan again the missing
page, you would like the corresponding file to be sorted correctly with the
others. In order to be able to do so, you need to do the initial scan with an
increment that "leaves space" to insert missing pages (e.g., +10).
The venerable "xsane" supports these usage cases, but being basically
unmaintained it feels more and more out of place in a modern desktop. Having
skanlite on feature parity with it is important to provide a full replacement.
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