Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Edit:Protocols...

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 01:52:29 -0700
On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 04:09:30PM +0200, Laurent Deniel wrote:
> >   It is now possible to enable/disable a particular protocol decoding
> >   (i.e. the protocol dissector is void or not). When a protocol
> >   is disabled, it is displayed as Data and of course, all linked
> >   sub-protocols are disabled as well.

The dialog for that seems a bit clumsy, as it gives only the short name
for the protocol, not the full description.

A CList display showing the full name and an indication of whether the
protocl is enabled or not - similar to the "Tools->Plugins..." dialog -
might look a bit better, although the list would be longer.

It might also be interesting to have a "Properties..." button - if the
currently selected row in that display is for a protocol that has
properties registered, that button would become active, and would pop up
a dialog box showing the same stuff that the tab for that protocol in
"Edit->Preferences" shows (if we get lots of protocols with preferences,
"Edit->Preferences" could become somewhat clumsy).