Again: Cancelling TWAIN scan hangs Script-Fu

Tor Lillqvist writes:
> I am very glad to hear that, as it proves there are other people who
> are capable of compiling GIMP sources (at least part of them) for
> Win32 ;-)

I think some discussion about that is appropriate; if it had been necessary
to compile all of the GIMP sources, I wouldn't have tried to do it with
Visual C++ since it's not too well documented. As far as I looked, the way
it's described at the web site seems to be outdated. The Makefiles for VC
simply aren't there (at least in some of the directories).

In fact, I wouldn't have tried to do it at all because my time is at the
moment very constrained. Perhaps there is a better way to document which
software packages are needed to compile the program and where to get them
(eventually including "tested with version x.xx" to avoid "versionitis").

> (btw, I think most people, I included, prefer the diff -u
> output format).

Okay, that was something I have to learn as "newbie" to OSS development. ;-)

> Have you tried contacting the plug-in author?

Not yet, as I hoped that he would read this mailing list. Since this seems
not to be the case, I'll do it now.

>  > PS: If my patch is accepted, I'd also appreciate to hear that.
>
> Certainly. Do you want me to wait until you have solved the TODO
> issues you mention, or apply the preliminary solution right away?

I think my preliminary solution is worse than the old code in no case and
better in some cases; since I don't know when I get to solve the issues, I'd
think applying it right away is the right thing.

Regards, Hermann