Yes, it's a bit unfortunate that the sort comparison is only using the data
displayed in the columns for it's sort. Is it possible for the comparison
routine to obtain the original IP address or should it just attempt to read
a dotted quad and convert that to a 32 bit number if successful ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Harris [mailto:gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 May 2000 07:04
> To: Graham Bloice
> Cc: Anders Larsson; ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ethereal-users] Ethereal
>
>
> On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 02:15:32PM +0100, Graham Bloice wrote:
> > > I was wondering if u plan to add sort by ip?
> >
> > I submitted a patch last week that allows clicking on the
> column heading to
> > sort that column, but it hasn't been incorporated yet.
>
> I've checked it in (along with a man page update). (Anders should note
> that the address columns are sorted as strings, rather than, for
> example, by sorting IP addresses as 32-bit unsigned numbers.)
>
> > I can send it to you if you wish.
>
> Here's a patch against the current state of the CVS tree (which should,
> for the files in question, be the same as what's in the latest Ethereal
> release, 0.8.8).
>
> It includes the man page update.
>
