Wireshark · Ethereal-users: AW: [Ethereal-users] Filtering problems

[Hesmert Albrecht ICM N MC MI SI 1 <Albrecht.Hesmert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm not sure whether labeling the filter in the dialog box would be
> redundant or not.
> 
I don't know it either. I do use filtering very often.
When I get the message 'cannot parse filter string' I am never shure
whether I did a typo or I used the wrong syntax. May be you could
add some hint to this error message, e.g. the position in the string
where the parsing failed (like when you enter wrong strings in nawk)

> 
> (Capture filters will never be able to do everything display filters
> can, but some of these problems may eventually be cleared up by
> supporting a capture filter syntax similar to that of display filters;
> Ethereal and Tethereal could probably compile those into tcpdump-style
> filters.)
> 

I think a similar syntax for both filters would be very useful for
novice users (although experiencecd users might be confused by the change)

Albrecht