Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Should "Follow TCP Stream" filter the display or not?

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:57:02 -0500
On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 04:42:50PM -0500, Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> It used to leave a display filter in effect, so only the packets in the
> TCP stream were displayed.  It now runs the display filter to generate
> the text window, and then undoes the display filter.
> 
> I'd used "Follow TCP Stream" in the past to select a particular TCP
> stream and look at its packets, so I actually prefer having it leave the
> display filter in effect, and would like to have *some* option to
> continue to do that, even if "Follow TCP Stream" doesn't do that.

The easiest solution would be to revert "Follow TCP Stream" back
to it's original behavior, of leaving the display filter in effect.
And then provide a single button or menu-item (with hotkey) to
clear the display filter. Well, Ctrl-E then Ctrl-U in the text
entry widget clears it really quickly. Maybe that key sequence alone
is enough, and justifies not putting in a new button/menu item/hotkey.

I just didn't like have to clear that long display filter. Most people
don't know about the ^E/^U combination and will backspace to clear the filter.

Thoughts?

--gilbert