Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Packet vs. Frame

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From: "Ulf Lamping" <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:19:15 +0100
Hi List!

As the release is almost out of the door...

I will have a second try, to get an answer to the following question ;-)

All over the Ethereal GUI, both words "Packet" and "Frame" are used, IMHO with the same meaning. Unless there is a good reason not to, we should use only one of  these words, and this consistent in the entire GUI (in all menus, dialogs, ...). IMHO, I would prefer to use "Packet" everywhere, and rename every appearance of  "Frame" to "Packet".

This has nothing to do with the naming scheme of the specific protocols (e.g.: in the packet list, packet details, ...), it's only about the generic GUI elements like the menu itemnames itself: e.g."View/Frame In New Window", "Edit/Find Frame" and also the corresponding dialogs, like some labels in the dialogs of: "Tools/Summary", "Capture/Start". 

I have asked this question the list before, but since now, I have no answer to this topic :-(

IMHO this will be a lot of places in the gtk dir only. Hopefully, no other files must be touched for this.


So my question: Is it a good idea, to replace (all?) appearances of "Frame" in the gtk dir to "Packet", or should it be the called "Frame"? Or is there a good reason why this is the way it currently is?

Regards, ULFL

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