Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Multiline in COL_PROTOCOL and COL_INFO

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:16:26 -0700
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:37:27AM +0200, Tomas Kukosa wrote:
> If this feature is switched on then the "\n" character is checked in the
> COL_PROTOCOL
> and COL_INFO columns and the text is split into more lines. It is done
> for GUI, printer output and tethereal output.

And if the feature isn't switched on, the display looks strange if
there's a newline in the column.

Is there any reason why that feature *shouldn't* be switched on?  I.e.,
is there any reason why it should be a preference?