Oliver, you keep saying "mode", but I think you mean "source". "mode" is
the scan mode (ie, color, lineart, etc..) and even you are using it
this way in the umax backend. I think that's what's causing part of the
confusion.
> > > The idea is very simple:
> > > We define a well known option "mode" that defines the scanmode
> > > such as "Flatbed", "Transparency Adapter" or "Automatic Document Feeder".
> >
> > I wonder if this is short-sighted? Can you explain what it's for?
> > Regardless it should probably be called something other than "mode".
>
> It is called mode because it already is used this way by most backends,
> it is defined in saneopts as SANE_NAME_SCAN_MODE "mode"
>
> option mode is a string list with texts like "Flatbed", "Transparancy Adapter"
> or "Automatic Document Feeder". If the user selects
> "Automatic Document Feeder" the scanner activates the ADF.
> For most scanners this means that the scanhead is not moved at all if
> you start a scan. Instead the paper is moved over the fixed scanhead.
> Oliver
Chris
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