Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Capture dialog box defaults to previous # of packets capture

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From: Laurent Deniel <deniel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:02:01 +0200
Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> Is it a feature that the combo box for the capture count has the number
> of packets captured in the previous capture as one of its options?  (I
> don't consider it a feature that it *defaults* to that value, as I've
> *never* wanted that, and it often means my capture stops before the
> packets I wanted to see.)
> 
> If not, perhaps we should remove that.
> 

I agree (I'd considered that it was an undocumented feature
rather than a bug :-)

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