[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-21 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 17:52 +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote: > I know, but I doubt it supports OS/2 or BeOS :) Probably never... but never say never I guess :-) > > I'll try writing the patch today but I just need a scanner where the > > libsane driver supports buttons. Any recommendations for a cheap

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 13:58 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > > with HAL and I don't blame you for not being :-) > > Have you checked out some of the interesting comments made in the past? > > Will this patch provide a way for programs using HAL to call standard > methods such as scan or will it be as

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 13:51 -0400, m. allan noah wrote: > ok, i think i understand the distinction between 5 and 6, you cross > the system to gui gap using dbus signals between two processes? That's correct. > 1. does udev signal HAL on every change to any device in the system, > or only certain

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 13:03 -0400, m. allan noah wrote: > > > > i would rather see a more general, non-linux specific method of > > > > handling buttons. how about a daemon that runs, gets the sane device > > > > list in the normal way, and then monitors each of the found devices > > > > for button

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:17 -0400, m. allan noah wrote: > of course, now that i think about it, this idea has the same problem > of device ownership/locking. i suppose you could change every backend > to lock open devices (plustek does this already?), and every front-end > would have to send/accept

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 09:01 -0500, m. allan noah wrote: > it would be nice if some of the linux gnome devels would engage in > SANE discussions on the SANE lists. they might learn something about > the hardware they are trying to support :) button handling comes up > here quite a bit, you should se

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:18 +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote: > David Zeuthen wrote: > > Hi, > > > So I'm curious if a) you think this is a good idea; and b) whether such > > a patch would be able to go into mainline SANE? Thanks for considering! > > Looks good

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 10:31 +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote: > David Zeuthen wrote: > > Hi, > > > Is it possible anyone can apply / comment on this? Thanks! > > It's in. Great, thanks a lot! Another thing; one of the things we're looking at in GNOME is makin

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-17 Thread David Zeuthen
Hi again, Is it possible anyone can apply / comment on this? Thanks! David On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 20:27 -0500, David Zeuthen wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 20:22 -0500, David Zeuthen wrote: > > Hi, > > And since my original message is being held for being too big, here&#x

[sane-devel] Re: [PATCH] generate hal fdi file

2007-03-03 Thread David Zeuthen
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 20:22 -0500, David Zeuthen wrote: > Anyway, thanks for considering this patch! Oops, sorry for including a bunch of noise in the patch. Better version attached this time. You'll need to manually add the tools/hal dir I think. ChangeLog |6 +