Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] rtp_analysis again

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From: "Lars Ruoff" <lars.ruoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:51:36 +0200
> The "RTP Stream Analysis" window is created as a dialog attached to the
> main window; this means that it might be kept on top of the main window
> (as happens with Apple's quartz-wm), or might be minimized if the main
> window is minimized (as I think happened with the KDE 1.x window
> manager).  Should it instead be an independent window?  (The "Follow
> TCP Stream" window, and windows created by other taps, are created as
> independent windows.)

Then probably the RTP Streams window also should be. :)
(I admit that i simply never thought about the question)

> With the current CVS tap scheme, the "RTP Streams -> Analyze" menu item
> could be disabled if the currently-selected frame isn't an RTP frame -
> should that be done, or should it do as it currently does and display
> the "show all RTP streams" window?

Yes, i think disabling would be nice.
The current implementation can be somewhat confusing, as people might be
confronted with a window they weren't expecting in the first place.
I didn't do the disabling because i didn't know how to do it.

Lars