[sane-devel] scanimage and option titles

2013-05-20 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
On 20 May 2013 14:19, m. allan noah wrote: >> but in certain situations, for instance remote access, it is not >> possible to use the SANE API directly. Also, debugging a backend >> problem is much easier with scanimage. > > I am curious about both of these assertions- can you elaborate the > adva

[sane-devel] scanimage and option titles

2013-05-20 Thread m. allan noah
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: > GUIs often either use the SANE API directly, or control a scanner by > wrapping scanimage. > > Generally, there is no advantage in using scanimage, as it is slower, > but in certain situations, for instance remote access, it is not > poss

[sane-devel] scanimage and option titles

2013-05-18 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
GUIs often either use the SANE API directly, or control a scanner by wrapping scanimage. Generally, there is no advantage in using scanimage, as it is slower, but in certain situations, for instance remote access, it is not possible to use the SANE API directly. Also, debugging a backend problem i