| # Gimp plugin

> > Index XSane mode: Viewer mode Save mode Copy mode Multipage mode Fax mode E-mail mode Gimp plugin Scan options Medium selection Color management Color correction: Gamma correction Brightness Contrast Threshold RGB default Negative Autoenhancement Default Restore Store Histogram window Pipette functions Standard options window Advanced options window Preview: Pipette white Pipette gray Pipette black Unzoom Zoom out Zoom in Undo zoom Autoselect scanarea Autoraise scanarea Select visible area Delete preview cache Preset area Rotation Aspect ratio RGB values Select scanarea Move scanarea Batch scan: Empty batch list Open batch list Save batch list Add area to list Remove selection Rename selection Rotate image Mirror image Setup: Copy setup Display setup Enhancement setup Fax setup Filetype setup E-mail setup Saving setup Color management setup | If XSane is started as Gimp plugin, the scanned image automatically is transfered to the Gimp. To start xsane as a GIMP plugin, you have to set a symbolic link from the xsane binary to a GIMP plug-ins directory. In the following examples we assume that xsane is located in /usr/local/bin: gimp-1.0.x:
> >     ln -s /usr/local/bin/xsane ~/.gimp/plug-ins/
> > You can start xsane from the GIMP menu Xtns/Xsane gimp-1.1.x:
> >     ln -s /usr/local/bin/xsane ~/.gimp-1.1/plug-ins/
> > until gimp-1.1.9 you can start xsane from the GIMP menu Xtns/Xsane since gimp-1.1.10 you can start xsane from the GIMP menu File/Acquire gimp-1.2.x:
> >     ln -s /usr/local/bin/xsane ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/
You can start xsane from the GIMP menu File/Acquire. The GIMPīs XSane or Acquire menu contains short-cuts to the SANE devices that were available at the time xsane was queried. Note that gimp(1) caches these short-cuts in ~/.gimp/pluginrc. Thus, when the list of available devices changes (e.g., a new scanner is installed or the device of the scanner has changed), then it is typically desirable to rebuild this cache. To do this, you can either touch(1) the xsane binary (e.g.,"touch /usr/local/bin/xsane") or delete the plugin cache (e.g., "rm ~/.gimp*/pluginrc"). Either way, invoking gimp(1) afterwards will cause the pluginrc to be rebuilt. If xsane is started as GIMP plugin it always sends the scanned image to the GIMP. Copy and fax mode can not selected when xsane runs as GIMP plugin!

> Author: Oliver Rauch