1; 2; SANE Backend specification file 3; 4; It's basically emacs-lisp --- so ";" indicates comment to end of line. 5; All syntactic elements are keyword tokens, followed by a string or 6; keyword argument, as specified. 7; 8; ":backend" *must* be specified. 9; All other information is optional (but what good is the file without it?). 10; 11; See doc/descriptions.txt for details. 12 13:backend "template" ; name of backend 14:version "0.42" ; version of backend (or "unmaintained") 15:new :yes ; Is the backend new to this SANE release? 16 ; :yes or :no 17:manpage "sane-template" ; name of manpage (if it exists) 18:url "http://www.luser.com/temp/" ; backend's web page 19:url "http://www.luser.com/b/" ; another backend webpage 20:comment "This backend supports only the USB and SCSI models" 21 ; comment about the backend 22 23:devicetype :scanner ; start of a list of devices.... 24 ; other types: :stillcam, :vidcam, 25 ; :meta, :api 26 27:mfg "TemPlate" ; name a manufacturer 28:url "http://www.template.com/" ; manufacturer's URL 29:url "http://www.template.de/" ; another manufacturer URL 30:comment "TemPlate scanners are sometimes labeled \"TMP\"" 31 ; comment about the manufacturer 32 33:model "Templ Z" ; name models for above-specified mfg. 34:status :untested ; :minimal, :basic, :good, :complete 35 ; :untested, or :unsupported 36:interface "SCSI" ; interface type of the device: 37 ; "SCSI", "USB", "Parport (EPP)", 38 ; "Parport (SPP)", "Parport (ECP)", 39 ; "Serial port", "IEEE-1394", "JetDirect", 40 ; or "Proprietary". 41:usbid "0x1234" "0x4321" ; Vendor and product ids of an USB device 42:url "http://www.tmp.com/z.html" ; model's URL 43:comment "With Z-Axis scrolling" ; comment about the model 44 45:model "Templ ZS" 46:interface "USB" 47:usbid "0x1234" "0x4322" 48:status :unsupported 49:comment "No support yet, but we have docs." 50 51:model "Templ ZQ" 52:interface "USB" 53:usbid "0x1234" "0x4323" 54:status :minimal 55 56:model "Templ ZY" 57:interface "SCSI" 58:status :basic 59 60:model "Templ ZZ" 61:interface "SCSI" 62:status :good 63 64:mfg "ArmorPlate" ; another manufacturer... 65:url "http://www.armorplate.com/" 66 67:model "AmplScan II" 68:interface "SCSI" 69:status :complete 70:comment "AmplScan *II*, not AmplScan!" 71 72:devicetype :api ; specify a different type 73:desc "Interface to FrObYz API" ; describe a non-hardware device 74:comment "Only FrObYz version 2.0 is supported!" 75 76; :comment and :url specifiers are optional after :mfg, :model, :desc, 77; and at the top-level. 78 79; :status specifier is optional after :model and at the top-level 80