Re: [Gimp-developer] Xsane with Gimp on Mac OS X

[Brion Vibber <brion pobox com>]

Ah, it was removed in 2016 in commit
8bb48ac5de915cf5b6f2136541c403101ddee52a:

"Bug 555525 - 64 Bit Build on Mac OS X Leopard fails...

...because of TWAIN interface

Remove all Mac TWAIN stuff, we will get proper OS X scanner support
pretty soon."

-- brion

On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9:56 AM Brion Vibber <brion pobox com> wrote:

> Hmm... is something broken with the TWAIN scanner plugin on Mac, or
> perhaps have scanner drivers moved away from using the TWAIN system and so
> that's not picking up your driver?
>
> (I ported the TWAIN driver to support Mac in 2004, and it seems to still
> be in the source code, so I would expect it to be included in builds by
> default.)
>
> -- brion
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9:24 AM Alain Jennotte via gimp-developer-list <
> gimp-developer-list gnome org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Two years ago, someone in this list explained that there was no support
> > for
> > scanner in Gimp for Mac OSX,. I'd like to know if things changed in the
> > latest developments.
> >
> > I use Sierra, Gimp 2.10 and my scanner is a CanoScan 5600F. Should I move
> > to another OS to use my scanner with Gimp or is there a way to make this
> > work on OS X?
> >
> > Thanks for any advise!
> >
> > dw
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