Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [Ethereal-cvs] Rev 11883: /trunk/gtk/: menu.c proto_draw.

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:19:54 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Guy Harris wrote:

> > We currently don't have copy support in the edit menu, and it is not clear
> > what those would do (cut, copy, paste),
>
> What they'd do depends on where the input focus is.
>
> If it's in the packet list pane, I'd say that Copy should copy, as text
> (and possibly as a CSV list as well), the summary line for the currently
> selected packets to the clipboard.  (Note the "s" in "packets"; we'd
> probably want to allow multiple packets to be selected, e.g. using
> Shift+click to extend the selection.  If more than one packet is
> selected, the packet detail pane wouldn't show any packet, and menu
> items that would act on a single packet wouldn't be enabled.)
>
> If it's in the packet detail pane, I'd say that Copy should copy, as
> text (and possibly other formats), the selected rows of the detail
> display to the clipboard.  (Again, note the "s" in "rows".  If more than
> one row is selected, the status bar wouldn't display anything about any
> field, and menu items that would act on a single field wouldn't be enabled.)
>
> Other windows and panes might also support Copy.
>
> In many windows, Cut, and Paste, wouldn't do anything.  It might be
> difficult, if not impossible, to support editing in the packet detail
> window (what would it mean to remove a field from a packet or insert a
> field in a packet?).  Cutting and pasting packets might be supportable
> in the packet list window, although making it work in a self-consistent
> fashion (e.g., if you move packets, the way some other packets are
> dissected might change) would probably be a lot of work, so we probably
> wouldn't do that at the same time we implement Copy.

OK, these sound reasonable ...

In fact, if focus is in the byte-view pane, then the right action would be
the code just added ...

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]richardsharpe.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com