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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1a467ce473..fab78f7133 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -19211,6 +19211,48 @@ tool. See @uref{https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/, the colord web site} for more information. @end deffn +@cindex scanner access +@defvr {Scheme Variable} sane-service-type +This service provides access to scanners @i{via} +@uref{http://www.sane-project.org, SANE} by installing the necessary +udev rules. It is included in @code{%desktop-services} (@pxref{Desktop +Services}) and relies by default on @code{sane-backends-minimal} package +(see below) for hardware support. +@end defvr + +@defvr {Scheme Variable} sane-backends-minimal +The default package which the @code{sane-service-type} installs. It +supports many recent scanners. +@end defvr + +@defvr {Scheme Variable} sane-backends +This package includes support for all scanners that +@code{sane-backends-minimal} supports, plus older Hewlett-Packard +scanners supported by @code{hplip} package. In order to use this on +a system which relies on @code{%desktop-services}, you may use +@code{modify-services} (@pxref{Service Reference, +@code{modify-services}}) as illustrated below: + +@lisp +(use-modules (gnu)) +(use-service-modules + @dots{} + desktop) +(use-package-modules + @dots{} + scanner) + +(define %my-desktop-services + ;; List of desktop services that supports a broader range of scanners. + (modify-services %desktop-services + (sane-service-type _ => sane-backends))) + +(operating-system + @dots{} + (services %my-desktop-services) +@end lisp +@end defvr + @deffn {Scheme Procedure} geoclue-application name [#:allowed? #t] [#:system? #f] [#:users '()] Return a configuration allowing an application to access GeoClue location data. @var{name} is the Desktop ID of the application, without @@ -19222,13 +19264,6 @@ this application is allowed location info access. An empty users list means that all users are allowed. @end deffn -@cindex scanner access -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} sane-service-type -This service provides access to scanners @i{via} -@uref{http://www.sane-project.org, SANE} by installing the necessary udev -rules. -@end deffn - @defvr {Scheme Variable} %standard-geoclue-applications The standard list of well-known GeoClue application configurations, granting authority to the GNOME date-and-time utility to ask for the |