take a look at the test and pnm backends allan
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Wayne Booth <wbooth.clearscene at googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm writing an application that uses sane for scanning. > As part of this application I have a test suite that exercises as much > of the program as possible. > Right now, that testing suite (in order to test the scanning parts) > requires a specific model of scanner to be plugged into the PC running > the app/test. > I am wanting to change the test-suite so that anyone (with scanning > equipped or not), will be able to test the app, including the scan > functions. > > My first thought is to write a "scanner simulator" that pretends (to > the kernel) to be a real device. A 'sane back end' would then > communicate with this emulated device and the app. > > Before I start such an adventure, I thought it would be a good idea to > check with sane-devel: > ? ?1. In case, something has been done similar already. - Can anyone > point me in the right direction. > ? ?2. if not, any ideas / suggestion / pointer, that might help in > achieving the goal. > > (Needless to say, any outcome from the creation of such an emulator > will be contributed back to the sane-project, in order to help other > front-end developers.) > > Cheers. > > Wayne > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
