[kde-doc-english] skanlite interface vs. on-line manual

[Kåre Särs]

On Saturday 08 October 2011 12:33:28 Burkhard Lück wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2011, 08:44:18 schrieb Kåre Särs:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I feel a bit guilty here... I have not updated the documentation in a
> > very long time :(
> > 
> > The solution for this problem is "right click" -> "Clear selections".
> 
> A well hidden feature, adding GUI keyword to commit messages will notify
> kde- doc-english at kde.org about such changes.
> 
> > If there is somebody interested in maintaining the documentation for
> > Skanlite I would not mind :) Writing documentation is not one of my
> > strengths...
> 
> One question:
> Settings dialog:
> "Disable automatic selections"?
> I see no different behaviour selecting/deselectiong this option, but maybe
> I'm blind. Please elaborate.

A bug :(

I just fixed it in trunk.

> 
> An outline for a new section "Sanning multiple parts of an image"
> 
> Usecase: You need only certain parts of an image.
> Instead of scanning the whole picture and then using a graphics application
> (e.g. kolourpaint) to save the different parts into separate files, let
> skanlite do it for you.
> 
> Workflow:
> Scan a preview
> Use the &LMB; to select the first part in the preview.
> Hoover with mouse -> click "+" icon -> red border
> Select the other details in the same way
> Remove a selection -> hoover with mouse -> click "-" icon
> &RMB; context menu -> Clear Selections
> Settings - adjust Image saving options (location, name format, preview etc)
> If you are satisfied with your choices use Scan button to get all selections
> in one go.
> The trailing number of the file name is automatically increased.
> 

Thanks :)

Maybe the save settings could be a separate chapter, because it is also 
connected to batch scanning from automatic document feeders.

Regards,
  Kåre

> > I'll fix this documentation bug asap.
> > 
> > The "saved" selections are not intuitive enough and need some love :)
> > I'll look into it.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> >   Kåre
> > 
> > On Thursday 06 October 2011 09:16:26 Burkhard Lück wrote:
> > > Am Montag, 3. Oktober 2011, 00:13:05 schrieb WFlanagan:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I like to use Skanlite (on openSuse 11.4) because it covers a
> > > > larger
> > > > portion of the HP 4370 platen than XSane.
> > > > 
> > > > However, recently (after an update to 0.7) the behavior no
> > > > longer
> > > > matches the man pages.
> > > > 
> > > > Formerly the hand-drawn selection area was the only area
> > > > scanned.  Now there are multiple areas outlined automatically
> > > > in red, each scanned separately.  In attempting to scan an
> > > > award certificate, Skanlite finds four areas.  But I want just
> > > > one picture of the document.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there a way to turn off the preliminary scans of the areas
> > > > outlined in red?
> > > > 
> > > > Suggestion:  make the first scan the manually selected one,
> > > > allowing
> > > > the user to avoid going through multiple scans that will be
> > > > discarded.> > > 
> > > >  Or make the order selectable by, for example, clicking on the
> > > >  desired> > > 
> > > > area marker to highlight the next scan.
> > > 
> > > $ skanlite -v
> > > xxQt: 4.7.0
> > > KDE Development Platform: 4.7.2 (4.7.2)
> > > xxSkanlitexx: 0.7
> > > xx
> > > Compiled from sources
> > > I can not reproduce your problem, skanlite works here as described
> > > in the handbook.
> > > 
> > > CC'ing the Author Kåre Särs