On Saturday 08 October 2011 12:33:28 Burkhard L?ck wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2011, 08:44:18 schrieb K?re S?rs: > > Hi, > > > > I feel a bit guilty here... I have not updated the documentation in a > > very long time :( > > > > The solution for this problem is "right click" -> "Clear selections". > > A well hidden feature, adding GUI keyword to commit messages will notify > kde- doc-english at kde.org about such changes. > > > If there is somebody interested in maintaining the documentation for > > Skanlite I would not mind :) Writing documentation is not one of my > > strengths... > > One question: > Settings dialog: > "Disable automatic selections"? > I see no different behaviour selecting/deselectiong this option, but maybe > I'm blind. Please elaborate.
A bug :( I just fixed it in trunk. > > An outline for a new section "Sanning multiple parts of an image" > > Usecase: You need only certain parts of an image. > Instead of scanning the whole picture and then using a graphics application > (e.g. kolourpaint) to save the different parts into separate files, let > skanlite do it for you. > > Workflow: > Scan a preview > Use the &LMB; to select the first part in the preview. > Hoover with mouse -> click "+" icon -> red border > Select the other details in the same way > Remove a selection -> hoover with mouse -> click "-" icon > &RMB; context menu -> Clear Selections > Settings - adjust Image saving options (location, name format, preview etc) > If you are satisfied with your choices use Scan button to get all selections > in one go. > The trailing number of the file name is automatically increased. > Thanks :) Maybe the save settings could be a separate chapter, because it is also connected to batch scanning from automatic document feeders. Regards, K?re > > I'll fix this documentation bug asap. > > > > The "saved" selections are not intuitive enough and need some love :) > > I'll look into it. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > K?re > > > > On Thursday 06 October 2011 09:16:26 Burkhard L?ck wrote: > > > Am Montag, 3. Oktober 2011, 00:13:05 schrieb WFlanagan: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I like to use Skanlite (on openSuse 11.4) because it covers a > > > > larger > > > > portion of the HP 4370 platen than XSane. > > > > > > > > However, recently (after an update to 0.7) the behavior no > > > > longer > > > > matches the man pages. > > > > > > > > Formerly the hand-drawn selection area was the only area > > > > scanned. Now there are multiple areas outlined automatically > > > > in red, each scanned separately. In attempting to scan an > > > > award certificate, Skanlite finds four areas. But I want just > > > > one picture of the document. > > > > > > > > Is there a way to turn off the preliminary scans of the areas > > > > outlined in red? > > > > > > > > Suggestion: make the first scan the manually selected one, > > > > allowing > > > > the user to avoid going through multiple scans that will be > > > > discarded.> > > > > > > Or make the order selectable by, for example, clicking on the > > > > desired> > > > > > > area marker to highlight the next scan. > > > > > > $ skanlite -v > > > xxQt: 4.7.0 > > > KDE Development Platform: 4.7.2 (4.7.2) > > > xxSkanlitexx: 0.7 > > > xx > > > Compiled from sources > > > I can not reproduce your problem, skanlite works here as described > > > in the handbook. > > > > > > CC'ing the Author K?re S?rs
