Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] New feature: Clear running capture

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From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:06:18 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Ulf Lamping wrote:

> Hi List!
>
> As I'm going towards the end of the first round of the capture engine
> redesign, it was relative easy to implement an often requested feature:
>
> Clear running capture (both in the toolbar and "Capture" menu)
>
> In a running capture, it will simply stop the capture, remove the
> capture file and restart the capture with the previous options again.

Cool feature. Better call it 'restart capture', since that is what is
actually happening. Clear running capture seems to indicate the capture
session stays the same with just the already captured frames dropped,
while it's actually a totally new capture session.

Jaap