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diff --git a/graphics/sane-frontends/pkg-descr b/graphics/sane-frontends/pkg-descr index ea85009d7c4a..5854ede3952f 100644 --- a/graphics/sane-frontends/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/sane-frontends/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,15 @@ -SANE is a universal scanner interface. The value of such a universal -interface is that it allows writing just one driver per image acquisition -device rather than one driver for each device and application. So, if you -have three applications and four devices, traditionally you'd have had to -write 12 different programs. With SANE, this number is reduced to seven: -the three applications plus the four drivers. Of course, the savings get -even bigger as more and more drivers and/or applications are added. +SANE ("Scanner Access Now Easy") is a universal scanner interface. +The value of such a universal interface is that it allows writing +just one driver per image acquisition device rather than one driver +for each device and application. So, if you have three applications +and four devices, traditionally you'd have had to write 12 different +programs. With SANE, this number is reduced to seven: the three +applications plus the four drivers. Of course, the savings get even +bigger as more and more drivers and/or applications are added. + +sane-frontends contains frontends to SANE including xscanimage and +xcam. Xscanimage is a GTK-based application for scanning images that +can also be used as a GIMP-plugin, and Xcam is used to get images +from cameras supported by SANE. WWW: http://www.mostang.com/sane/ |