That's an interesting solution. I probably would have tried to add the button reading code to the sane backend...
allan On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Wilhelm <wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > some time ago I noticed that the snapscan-backend (at least for the > epson 1670 scanner) isn't capable of reading the buttons. So I added the > button-only backends from the (inactive?) project scanbuttond to scanbd. > Just made some simple tests and it seems to works (at least for the > epson 1670). > > The code is at: > > svn co https://scanbd.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/scanbd scanbd > > [ > scanbd is a scanner button daemon. It polls the scanner buttons looking > for buttons pressed or function knob changes and at the same time allows > also scan-applications to access the scanners. If buttons are pressed, > etc., various actions can be submitted (scan, copy, email). The function > knob values are passed to the action-scripts as well. > ] > > -- > Wilhelm > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
