On 12/17/07, Alessandro Zummo <azummo-lists at towertech.it> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:46:24 +0100 > Ren? Rebe <rene at exactcode.de> wrote: > > > > alongside RGB data and this is why you need my program tiffscan > > > to read it. that's why the bakend is experimental and not > > > suited for mainstream sane. I defined a new frame type, > > > SANE_FRAME_RGBX for it.
there was no consensus at that time, but since then, those of us that need these options have plowed ahead and added them to SANE 1. I really dont want to see a proliferation of types, but as long as the user is required to set some option to get the non-rgb output, and the help text for that option explains that the frontend may break, it is a workable solution. well, its more workable if we all agree on what the new types are :) maybe you could come back to the table, and we can get this backend into sane. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"