> > I was running Ethereal 0.7.9 and then went to 0.8.8.
> > I noticed that the lines connecting the branches of
> > the proto tree are missing in 0.8.8. Was this intentional,
> > or is there a bug in 0.8.8, or do I need a GTK patch?
>
> The default behavior was changed a while back draw the tree without
> connecting lines.
Actually, that dates back at least as far as Ethereal 0.4.0:
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
...
tree_view = gtk_tree_new();
...
gtk_tree_set_view_lines(GTK_TREE(tree_view), FALSE);
...
}
However, many versions of GTK+ 1.2[.x] have a bug wherein that call has
no effect (1.2.3 probably has that bug - does RH 6.2 really ship with
that ancient a version of GTK+?). That bug was fixed in recent versions
of GTK+. (Ethereal was originally developed with GTK+ 1.0[.x], which
didn't have that bug.)
Ethereal 0.8.8, however, uses a GtkCTree rather than a GtkTree to
display the protocol tree; I don't think the GtkCTree has that bug.
That's probably why the behavior changed when switching to Ethereal
0.8.8; 0.8.8, by using a GtkCTree rather than a GtkTree, doesn't trip
across the bug, and thus gives the intended default behavior, i.e. no
lines.
