Wireshark · Ethereal-cvs: [ethereal-cvs] cvs commit: ethereal prefs-int.h Makefile.am packet-ip.c prefs.c prefs.h teth

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

guy         2000/07/05 04:40:55 CDT

  Modified files:
    .                    Makefile.am packet-ip.c prefs.c prefs.h 
                         tethereal.c 
  Added files:
    .                    prefs-int.h 
  Log:
  Add support for a global "ethereal.conf" preferences file, stored in the
  same directory as the "manuf" file ("/etc" or "/usr/local/etc", most
  likely).
  
  Add a mechanism to allow modules (e.g., dissectors) to register
  preference values, which:
  
  	can be put into the global or the user's preference file;
  
  	can be set from the command line, with arguments to the "-o"
  	flag;
  
  	can be set from tabs in the "Preferences" dialog box.
  
  Use that mechanism to register the "Decode IPv4 TOS field as DiffServ
  field" variable for IP as a preference.
  
  Stuff that still needs to be done:
  
  	documenting the API for registering preferences;
  
  	documenting the "-o" values in the man page (probably needs a
  	flag similar to "-G", and a Perl script to turn the output into
  	documentation as is done with the list of field);
  
  	handling error checking for numeric values (range checking,
  	making sure that if the user changes the variable from the GUI
  	they change it to a valid numeric value);
  
  	using the callbacks to, for example, update the display when
  	preferences are changed (could be expensive);
  
  	panic if the user specifies a numeric value with a base other
  	than 10, 8, or 16.
  
  We may also want to clean up the existing wired-in preferences not to
  take effect the instant you tweak the widget, and to add an "Apply"
  button to the "Preferences" dialog.
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.207     +2 -1      ethereal/Makefile.am
  1.95      +10 -1     ethereal/packet-ip.c
  1.31      +542 -43   ethereal/prefs.c
  1.16      +91 -2     ethereal/prefs.h
  1.34      +42 -15    ethereal/tethereal.c