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raphael

@davidrevoy thank you so much for being vocal that wayland is not yet near production-ready. similar to the krita issue is xsane – i guess you could run it as an xwayland app (maybe?), but there’s no benefit (+potential compatibility complications) and there’s no wayland equivalent.

when you bring this up, people go ‘just use simple-scan! :D’ as if that was a reasonable suggestion.

having a vague something available in wayland for a given use doesn’t mean wayland is ready for being used seriously.

30 May at 16:04 | Wall-to-wall | Open on toot.cat
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David Revoy

@gekitsu Oh 😵 I had no idea about Xsane! Thank you.

30 May at 16:12 | Open on framapiaf.org
raphael

@davidrevoy this mainly based on this forum reply, that is also a couple years old now: bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.ph

but also, nothing much more recent is coming up on that xsane-in-wayland issue, so…

30 May at 16:15 | Open on toot.cat
Elias Probst

@gekitsu have you tried #KDE's scanning applications as Xsane replacements? AFAICT they support a similar range of features:
- #Skanlite - a simple, but fully featured scan application
- #Skanpage - optimized for multi-page scans

@davidrevoy

30 May at 22:25 | Open on mastodon.social
raphael

@eliasp @davidrevoy no, i haven’t – but thanks for the heads-up! i take it they’re usable outside of KDE itself?

30 May at 22:40 | Open on toot.cat
Elias Probst

@gekitsu yes, they should work outsidea KDE Plasma session just fine.
Their "apps.kde.org" page provides a (bit outdated) screenshot what they look like:
- apps.kde.org/skanlite/
- apps.kde.org/skanpage/

Maybe (if you're using Flatpak) just give the most recent version a try to see whether they can serve your use-case or check, whether your distribution provides them as packages.

@davidrevoy

@gekitsu yes, they should work outsidea KDE Plasma session just fine.
Their "apps.kde.org" page provides a (bit outdated) screenshot what they look like:
- apps.kde.org/skanlite/
- apps.kde.org/skanpage/

Maybe (if you're using Flatpak) just give the most recent version a try to see whether they can serve your use-case or check, whether your distribution provides them as packages.

30 May at 22:45 | Open on mastodon.social
Elias Probst

@gekitsu oh, sorry - just realized only Skanpage is available via Flatpak.
But since Skanlite is the more established application it's also more likely to be found in your distribution's repositories.

@davidrevoy

30 May at 22:48 | Open on mastodon.social
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