source: pst/scanning/xsane.xml@ 97b53b5

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xsane-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/hci/sane/xsane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY xsane-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY xsane-size          "2.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY xsane-buildsize     "19.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY xsane-time          "0.22 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="xsane" xreflabel="XSane-&xsane-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="xsane.html"?>
<title>XSane-&xsane-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>XSane</application></title>

<para><application>XSane</application> is another front end for 
<xref linkend="sane"/>. It has additional features to improve the image 
quality and ease of use compared to <command>xscanimage</command>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&xsane-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&xsane-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &xsane-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&xsane-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&xsane-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>XSane</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="sane"/> (back ends) and
<xref linkend="gtk2"/></para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libtiff"/>, 
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/> and <xref linkend="gimp"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>XSane</application></title>

<para>Install <application>XSane</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
ln -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>ln -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/</command>: 
This creates a link in the system-wide 
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> 
<filename class='directory'>plug-ins</filename> directory so that users can 
access <application>XSane</application> directly from 
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application>. 
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> must be available before
building <application>XSane</application> for this to work. Alternatively,
create the link in <filename class='directory'>~/.gimp-2.0/plug-ins/</filename> 
to provide individual user access. <command>man xsane</command> for 
additional information.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para><application>XSane</application> comes with a graphical user interface, 
<command>xsane</command>, and (if <xref linkend="gimp"/> is available) a
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> plugin. Please refer to the 
documentation for further support.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>xsane</title>
<para><command>xsane</command> is a graphical user-interface to control an 
image acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>