On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Arthur Hebert <arthur at evcl.com> wrote: > Thanks Allan. I am comfortable digging in and writing code, much more so for > scripting languages (e.g. bash, python) than compiled/linked languages (e.g. > C). > > A few related questions come to mind: > > * Is scanimage considered a frontend or a backend?
frontend > > * How do I read/poll the scan-button hardware state from the device? (Note: > scanimage --help | grep "\-\-scan" results in "no" even when I hold down the > button) you would have to write your own frontend, or modify the button daemon in our old experimental tree. I don't think you can do it with scanimage. > * How do I invoke the fujitsu backend by itself (e.g. to see hardware > states, and to make use of JPEG output)? the backend is not a program. you cannot 'run' it. it is a library, which is 'ingested' by some other frontend program. the frontend then calls functions that are provided by this backend. > * I installed the SDK from the download page on my OS X 10.5. My system > developer tools are installed. Where did the SDK install the source code? > How do I build from it? I know nothing about this sdk, as it is not provided by us. Perhaps Mattias can give some help on the OSX specific parts. For front-end development, you only need to have some minimal sane header files installed someplace like /usr/include or /usr/local/include. No need to rebuild sane backends or sane frontends packages (yet). allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
