Hi, Wouldn't it be usefull to make it a well known option or provide a function where a program can ask if the feeder is enabled?
Oliver > Hi, > > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:07:36PM +0100, Oliver Schirrmeister wrote: > > > Is there a way to detect if the user wants to scan with > > > the ADF or from flatbed? I've found SANE_NAME_SCAN_SOURCE > > > but the value of that option depends on the backend? > > > Yes, it's not a well-known option. > > > > I'd like to write a tool like scanimage. The user can > > > select the scanner and the scansource. If flatbed is > > > selected I want to scan one image only. If the ADF is > > > selected I want to scan as long the ADF is not empty. > > > XSane has an option setting that allows the user to select which of > > the scan sources is an ADF. Maybe you can go that way. >
