Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] RFE: multiple simultaneous files
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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:31:54 -0800

On Dec 23, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Jaap Keuter wrote:
The MDI interface was discussed at SharkFest'08 is deemed a long distance goal. 
Currently the dissector engine model doesn't support it very well,
For example, we currently have a lot of global variables in dissectors for state information, preference settings, etc., and those would have to be made per-capture-file. 


so this
obstacle has to be cleared before MDI comes into view.
Whether it's implemented as MDI, or as multiple windows for multiple captures, is another matter. (On Mac OS X, for example, it would *definitely* be implemented as multiple windows for multiple captures.)