[sane-devel] gscan2pdf 1.8.3 released

2017-07-01 Thread Jeff
gscan2pdf - A GUI to produce a multipage PDF or DjVu from a scan. http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/ Five clicks are required to scan several pages and then save all or a selection as a PDF or DjVu file, including metadata if required. gscan2pdf can control regular or sheet-fed (ADF) scanners

[sane-devel] Maybe I am on the wrong list ...

2017-07-01 Thread Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza
Dear listmembers, maybe I am on the wrong list because my problem might be application - specific, however. I have set up a HP 7400C scanner, supported by the avision backend, it is detected and working. So far, so good. Now, if I scan a black and white printed text with xsane and adjust all

[sane-devel] SANE Perl bindings Image::Sane released

2017-07-01 Thread Jeff
I have written new Perl bindings for the SANE API. Please find them at: https://metacpan.org/pod/Image::Sane These Perl bindings for the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) Project allow you to access SANE-compatible scanners in a Perlish and object-oriented way, freeing you from the casting and

Re: [sane-devel] [janitorial] CI now builds snapshots with "funny" versions

2017-07-01 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi Allan, About two weeks ago I wrote on the sane-devel mailing list: > Dear list, > > [ ... creating `git describe --dirty` versioned tarballs ...] > > So then, what does happen on Alioth when the daily snapshots are made? > These snapshots are, unsurprisingly, courtesy of a daily cron job. It