Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Filter Colorization patch(es)

[Jeff Jahr <jjahr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Gilbert Ramirez wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 10:25:06AM -0500, John McDermott wrote:
> > 
> > Given the small number of changes, would one of you be willing to make
> > them and check them in so those who wish can beat on it?
> 
> It's in CVS now.

Wow.  Now I can view the low level protocol details in the info text,
while using color to alert me to details in the upper level protocol! VERY
cool stuff, this display filter colorization! Its a little unstable (it
crashed on me just now while Ok'ing a new filter), and I dont have time to
really thrash it out today, but I just wanted to say that this is a really
neat addition.

I think the 'add color to protocols' window could be improved by moving
the model from a single list of all configured filters that can be applied
or not via the setting of the Display->Colorize... option, to a dual list
of 'available filters' and 'applied filters' and just always enable the
colorization.  If the window was set up that way, we could include a
pre-configured list of 'useful' (or 'example', if you prefer) filters that
the user could pick and choose from at runtime, or edit/add and save.  
The way it is right now, I forsee a lot of Creating, Deleteing and
Recreating of complex color filters depending on what it is im trying to
highlight at the moment.

Anyway, great work!

-jsj