Re: Explicit device declaration for a GIMP plugin

From: Oliver Rauch (oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE)
Date: Thu Jan 13 2000 - 08:18:56 PST

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    Steve Jibson wrote:

    > I just installed SANE. When I run "xscanimage", I get this:
    >
    > xscanimage: no devices available.
    >
    > The man page says "To access an available device that is not known to
    > the system, the devicename must be specified explicitly."
    >
    > So, I try "xscanimage musteka4s2" and it works fine.
    >
    > Now, I want to use xscanimage as a GIMP plug-in, so I set up the
    > symbolic link and lauch GIMP. When I go to the "Xtns-->Acquire
    > Image-->Device dialog..." menu option, I get this (again):
    >
    > xscanimage: no devices available.
    >
    > How can I explicitly specify the devicename when using xscanimage as a
    > plug-in?
    >

    Hi,

    you can NOT specifiy an explict devicename when called as gimp-plugin.
    Make sure the device is added to the "backendname".conf file then you
    do not need an explictly given device name.

    Bye
    Oliver

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