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<h1>Re: SANE_FRAME Formats (was Re: xsane-0.31 available)</h1>
<b>Stephen Williams</b> (<a href="mailto:steve@icarus.com"><i>steve@icarus.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Tue, 03 Aug 1999 16:58:05 -0700</i>
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<a href="mailto:oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE">oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE</a> said:<br>
<i>&gt; Does the backend need to know what a frontend can handle? </i><br>
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No, it just needs to know what format the frontend wants the next<br>
image to be in. If the frontend can't handle JFIF, it won't ask for it.<br>
Sound sane (er, sensible)?<br>
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<a href="mailto:oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE">oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE</a> said:<br>
<i>&gt; I don`t know if we really need "must have" frame formats. If there is</i><br>
<i>&gt; a frontend that only can handle JPEG-frames, where is the problem? </i><br>
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The "must have" would apply to the scanner driver, I think. An application<br>
that uses one of the "must have" formats should be able to operate any<br>
SANE driver, albeit not necessarily optimally. If the application is not<br>
happy with any of the "must have" formats, then that application is<br>
taking the chance of not being able to connect to certain scanners.<br>
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If GIMP uses "must have" formats, then it can read an image from *any*<br>
scanner, or the driver for that scanner is broken. If GIMP insists on<br>
some optional format, then that is its own problem.<br>
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