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On Sat, 6 May 2017 10:08:36 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> >> I use xsane for scanning, which also works well ... |
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> >> I can't figure out how to use the sheet feeder for multipage |
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> >> scanning. |
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> > I use gscan2pdf for that. I've used it to scan hundreds of pages |
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> > into a single document, only stopping to top up the document feeder. |
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> It wants to install 49 pkgs of Perl + 1 more as requirements |
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> (grimace). |
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Yes, but Perl packages are tiny. |
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> Why do PDF utilities seem to demand so much external support ? |
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It's a Perl script, most of what it does is handled by existing modules. |
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What's wrong with that? If the program did it all itself, it would be |
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bigger than the dependencies it uses, and they wouldn't be available for |
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anything else. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Hey, Odo! Got anymore of that Jell-O in the fridge? Odo? |
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