HAL and scanners

[Étienne Bersac]

Hi,

> scanner.is_supported would be a good solution

Does hal provide a standard is_supported option ?

> , but: if we allow more
> than one API or application in the scanner namespace (examples: Sane
> and vuescan; perhaps also Étienne's gnomescan API)

Gnome Scan is based on SANE. Gnome Scan provide a library that wrap sane
into a glib-ish API and a library of widget and a collection of
applet/plug-in. I wonder if i will be able to drop the glib-ish API if
hal allow this. I mean, HAL handle scanner either with sane or whatever
you want. If HAL does not, gnome scan only need usual hal device info
plus the sane device name in order to use sane. A simple
scanner.sane.device_name is enougth.

Étienne.
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