I have a need to let the user select the colorization scheme when she
starts a capture. I implemented this with a fileselection dialog and a
combo box. The diffs are attached.
In doing this I discovered the horrible state of my first venture into
GTK+ coding: gtk/colors.c and gtk/color_dlg.c. I am embarassed by the
code and plan on cleaning it up after the current project expires (or
sooner if I get really ahead...or really bored).
There is only one change that may have additional impact. The
colorization filter file now has a header with a "magic number" of
"#EC". The magic number is followed by a (probably never-changing)
version number. This is to allow the combo box in the capture dialog to
select only color files from the ~/.ethereal directory. This way one
can save many color schemes (e.g. 'mail' for smtp/pop/imap debugging and
'snmp' for snmp debugging) and choose them easily at capture time. The
colorization default file ~/.ethereal/colorfilters is still read on
startup, but only shows up in the Combo if it is of the new format. To
change its format, one just does a "Save" in <Display:Colorize Display>.
--john
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John McDermott, Writer and Consultant
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