# Re: Xsane-0.55: scan resolution selection (Epson 1200S, CVS Sane)

From: Oliver Rauch (oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE)
Date: Mon Feb 21 2000 - 13:39:43 PST

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  Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:

  > On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 09:46:17PM +0000, Dave Hill wrote:
  > > Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
  > > >
  > > > No need no apologize... Thanks for the explanation, but it came
  > > > a bit too late :-) I have tried this and since yesterday it's in
  > > > the repository. XSane does display the complete list (32 values)
  > > > an it starts with 50 dpi (it does however set the preview resolution
  > > > for a full page scan to 60 dpi).
  > > >
  > >
  > > I realised afterwards that the "20 items and > 50" only applied
  > > if xsane made up the list.
  > >
  > > Yes, it works, but disables the slider entirely in xsane and
  > > xscanimage. Looks like you can't have the best of both worlds
  > > (a list of resolutions that match the ones the scanner likes
  > > or the ability to choose any resolution from the slider).
  >
  > I guess the slider issue could be changed in xsane. The old way this
  > was handled in the Epson backend for the preview resolution used a
  > slider and displayed only the "real" resolutions. Oliver is not
  > using the SANE slider for the resolution setting, he is doing something
  > special so that he can hide or display it at will. I assume that it
  > shluld be possible to emulate the resolution selection via slider
  > even if the scanner reports a list.

  That would be possible but:
  why should the frontend create a slider when only the discrete values in the
  list are usable?

  Bye
  Oliver

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