Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [RFC] Win32 only: console opening behaviour by preference setting?

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Ulf Lamping wrote:

> Hi List!
>
> I'm currently thinking about the win32 console opening behaviour.
>
> Ethereal Win32 version will handle console messages (printf) 
> differently compared to the unix versions, as the unix versions 
> typically have a console which will print the message requested into. 
> A win32 program will have no such console by default, thus have to 
> opening itself one.
>
> Saying this, I would like to add a preference setting, which will have 
> a dropdown with three options:
>
> Open a console window:
> "Never (novice users)": never open a console window
> "Automatic (advanced users)": just like today
> "Always (debugging)": open the console window already at program start
>
> Default should be the "Never" option.
>
> The novice user (default) will usually not be interested in such 
> information, and even more important will get annoyed as he has not 
> enough knowledge how to get rid of this message again (which pops up 
> everytime he starts Ethereal, like when having "problems" with the 
> preference settings).
>
> The advanced user will be interested in this info to track down 
> problems, or might guide a novice user how to do so.
>
> While debugging, you might be interested in any such message.
>
> Any other ideas or comments?
>
> Regards, ULFL
Checked in.

As the default is "Never", the console window will no longer annoy 
novice users.

For normal coding and debugging, it's a good idea to choose "Automatic", 
to get the same behaviour like before.

Regards, ULFL