[sane-devel] Querying scanner buttons

Michael Piotrowski mxp@dynalabs.de
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:41:31 +0100


Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:12:25AM +0100, Michael Piotrowski wrote:
>
>> Now, since my EPSON 1640 scanner has a button, it would be nice if I
>> could "read" it in the script above instead of having to hit Return on
>> the keyboard (which is sometimes difficult while trying to make sure
>> that the source on the scanner doesn't move).
>
> Does '--button-wait=yes' work for your scanner?

Is that a CVS feature? Or is it backend-specific? My scanimage 1.0.5
with the EPSON backend doesn't know it.

But thanks for the hint, I'll have a closer look.

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Michael Piotrowski, M.A.                                  <mxp@dynalabs.de>