Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Eliminate annoying color filter dialog

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Maynard wrote:
> Well, that's essentially what we've got.  The warning would now be printed in
> the console window, assuming the user has configured his preferences such that
> "Open a console window" is not set to "Never".  Of course, this is currently a
> "Windows-only" preference, but is there any reason why it couldn't be added for
> all platforms?  That would give all users the choice of whether or not they
> wanted to see these warnings or not.

*NIX users effectively already have that, but not as a Wireshark option:

1) Start Wireshark from Applications->Internet->Wireshark (on Fedora) 
--> stdout/stderr goes to oblivion

2) Start Wireshark from the command line --> stdout/stderr is visible

[3) Start Wireshark from the command line while redirecting output 
elsewhere...]

I imagine changing (1) to behave more like it can on Windows would be 
more of a challenge than it is worth, but then again I always start 
Wireshark from the command line.