Re: [PATCH v21 0/1] MR8778: sane.ds: Adding saving scanner settings to the registry

[Ivan Lyugaev (＠valy)]

On Fri Aug 29 05:10:25 2025 +0000, Esme Povirk wrote:
> I think using the registry would make this significantly cleaner, enough
> that I don't plan to review it further while it uses files.
> I'd consider multiple configurations an advanced feature, and that's
> still possible for the UI to provide based on the registry. Transferring
> configurations across different machines is going to be even less
> common. I don't think the improvement in discoverability for that use
> case is worth it.
> I have changed the principle of saving settings. Currently, they are saved in the registry under the path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ScannersSettings\<Vendor>\<Product>. I have also removed the array with existing optno, and instead, I check the opt.is_active flag when saving.

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