[sane-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Code freeze for sane-backends 1.0.17

Karl Heinz Kremer khk at khk.net
Sun Dec 11 21:32:12 UTC 2005


If I understand you correctly, then the problem is that there is no  
description for the sharpness control. Is this correct?

That would be a fix in code, which is no longer permitted under the  
code freeze.

Karl Heinz


On Dec 11, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Mogens Jaeger wrote:

> Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Code freeze for sane-backends 1.0.17 is now active.  After code  
>> freeze
>> only fixes of grave bugs that render a backend completely unusable or
>> break compilation and documentation updates are accepted.
>>
> Hopes that this is 'covered' with the "documentation updates" clause.
>
> I am using an Epson scanner, so the problems are Epson-specifik.
> In the XSane window, called 'Standard options'.
> When I point on the sharpness tab, I get a yellow box, showing me  
> the header of the sane-backends 1.0.17.da.po file.
> As far as I can find out, the problem lies in the "sane-backends/ 
> backend/epson.c" file. The other tab in the window (brightness)  
> shows the right explanation. I have cut/pasted the respective line  
> from the mentioned file here:
>
> (2862-2865)
>  /* sharpness */
>  s->opt[OPT_SHARPNESS].name = "sharpness";
>  s->opt[OPT_SHARPNESS].title = SANE_I18N ("Sharpness");
>  s->opt[OPT_SHARPNESS].desc = "";
>
> (2846-2849)
>  /* brightness */
>  s->opt[OPT_BRIGHTNESS].name = SANE_NAME_BRIGHTNESS;
>  s->opt[OPT_BRIGHTNESS].title = SANE_TITLE_BRIGHTNESS;
>  s->opt[OPT_BRIGHTNESS].desc = SANE_I18N ("Selects the brightness.");
>
>
> In the same window you can choose bit-depth, and values are either  
> 8 or 16. But in the explanation box, it's "1 for \"line-art\" and 8  
> for multibit scans."
>
> It shows to the file sane-backends/include/sane/saneopts.h:219
> (218-220):
>
> #define SANE_DESC_BIT_DEPTH \
> SANE_I18N("Number of bits per sample, typical values are 1 for  
> \"line-art\" " \
> "and 8 for multibit scans.")
>
>
> In the window Advanced Options:
> The explanation box for: Preview/Speed also shows header info.
> Again it is in the "sane-backends/backend/epson.c" file.
>
> (3199-3202)
>  /* preview speed */
>  s->opt[OPT_PREVIEW_SPEED].name = "preview-speed";
>  s->opt[OPT_PREVIEW_SPEED].title = SANE_I18N ("Speed");
>  s->opt[OPT_PREVIEW_SPEED].desc = "";
>
> same window, box for: Quick format you can choose between different  
> media-formats like Letter/A4/... an so on, but no explanation:
>
> It has with the "sane-backends/backend/epson.c" file to do. The  
> values are defined as:
>
> (756-764)
> static const SANE_String_Const qf_list[] = {
>  SANE_I18N ("CD"),
>  SANE_I18N ("A5 portrait"),
>  SANE_I18N ("A5 landscape"),
>  SANE_I18N ("Letter"),
>  SANE_I18N ("A4"),
>  SANE_I18N ("Max"),
>  NULL
> };
>
> but where the missing text schould be, I can't find out.
>
>
> It's no big issue, but still hopes it's a minor task to correct  
> it ;-)  so we can have it the right way, in the upcomming versions.
> -- 
> mvh Mogens Jæger
>
>
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