Guy Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 17.10.03 23:42:19: > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 01:36:48PM +0200, Ulf Lamping wrote: > > IMHO the current "Display->User Specified Decodes..." and > > "Tools->Decode As..." dialogs are a bit odd in a usability point of > > view. It's not obvious, that this is a pair and where to find from one > > to the other. > > That raises another issue. > > "Decode As" isn't something to let you edit the full set of decodes - > unlike, for example, the "-d" flag in Tethereal. It's something to let > you change the way the values of some fields in the currently-selected > packet can be decoded. > > It might be useful to have something to let you view, and edit, *all* > the dissector tables, which would be like an editable version of the > current "User Specified Decodes". > > It might also be useful to have something to change the way the values > of fields in the current packet can be decoded - *and* perhaps to also > say "decode a *conversation* or *circuit* containing this packet as a > particular protocol". That'd be like the current "Decode As...". > > "User Specified Decodes" might be under "Edit", and "Decode As..." might > be under "Tools". > > We then might want to have a way to save the user-specified decodes. > (This might let us get rid of some of the protocol "port number" > preferences.)
This is one of the things, which have to looked at, in a more general perspective. This will affect other things as the "Display Filters" as well. So I would like to fix the obvious (and trivial) things first, and then go back to this kind of things. Regards, ULFL ____________________________________________________________________________ ImmobilienScout24 - Uber 170.000 Immobilien - Finden Sie hier Ihre neue Traumwohnung! In Immobilien die Nr.1 im Netz: http://info.is24.de/web.de
