Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Preferences Protocol Grouping?

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:26:54 -0800
Graeme Lunt wrote:

I've been thinking of grouping the X.500 protocol dissector
preferences under a subkey in the protocol preferences.

...as long as this is done without any centralized place that knows All The Protocols With Preferences, e.g. with a mechanism that allows each dissector to request, by name, a category in which its preferences get put, with the category created on the first attempt and just added to on subsequent attempts.