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| author | Jörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff.email> | 2019-10-03 14:31:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Jörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff.email> | 2019-10-03 14:31:57 +0200 |
| commit | d408e3dae21de396f0a1644f0ddc2def007e73a0 (patch) | |
| tree | 660befc66af13af226fdab5e82b04888ffffb132 /README.md | |
| parent | 1753bae2142cd5688fe1b94f7b7809bed15c4fb4 (diff) | |
| parent | 6e3f340511b86d9f883b75ae9c154dbb28a91425 (diff) | |
Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/3.34.0'
Update to upstream version '3.34.0'
with Debian dir 4529dafacc42998a608ad0e3b82aec904e9ec7dc
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ # Introduction -This is the source code to *Simple Scan* — a [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org/) -document scanning application. Simple Scan allows you to capture images using -[image scanners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scanner) (e.g. flatbed -scanners) that have suitable [SANE drivers](http://sane-project.org/) installed. +*Document Scanner* is a document scanning application for [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org/) +It allows you to capture images using [image scanners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scanner) +(e.g. flatbed scanners) that have suitable [SANE drivers](http://sane-project.org/) installed. # Building from source @@ -45,11 +44,11 @@ If you don't have a scanner ready, you can use a virtual "test" scanner: $ simple-scan --debug test ``` -Simple Scan works by using the [SANE API](http://sane-project.org/html/) to +This app works by using the [SANE API](http://sane-project.org/html/) to capture images. It chooses the settings it thinks are appropriate for what you are trying to do. Drivers have many options and are of differring quality - it -is useful to work out if any issues are caused by Simple Scan or the drivers. To -rule out Simple Scan you can use the graphical tool (XSane) or the +is useful to work out if any issues are caused by the app or the drivers. To +confirm it is a driver issue you can use the graphical tool (XSane) or the command line [scanimage](http://www.sane-project.org/man/scanimage.1.html) provided by the SANE project - these allow to to easily see and control all the @@ -57,6 +56,6 @@ settings your driver provides. # Contributing -To contribute code to Simple Scan make merge requests on +To contribute code create merge requests on [gitlab.gnome.org](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan). If you find issues please [report them](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan/issues). |