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| author | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-10-31 11:15:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-10-31 11:15:12 +0000 |
| commit | d9995f4eee961bcfe7bbf5fd8c933c6d0d5e2137 (patch) | |
| tree | 37dcc1c8d76aeefb30d575704ed83d6972fa9a71 /docbook | |
| parent | 2d268b7a2015f5c9fae0fe07288e2d92324d014a (diff) | |
add some more content to the overview section
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diff --git a/docbook/edg_src/EDG_chapter_works.xml b/docbook/edg_src/EDG_chapter_works.xml index 45faeb5fd9..f01673f553 100644 --- a/docbook/edg_src/EDG_chapter_works.xml +++ b/docbook/edg_src/EDG_chapter_works.xml @@ -21,7 +21,87 @@ </title>
<graphic entityref="EtherealFunctionBlocks" format="PNG"/>
</figure>
- XXX - describe the blocks in detail
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The function blocks in more detail:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>GTK 1/2</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Handling of all user input/output (all windows, dialogs and such).
+ Source code can be found in the <filename>gtk</filename> directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>Core</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Main "glue code" that holds the other blocks together, source
+ code can be found in the root directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>Epan</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Ethereal Package ANalyzing (XXX - is this correct?) the packet
+ analyzing engine, source code can be found in the
+ <filename>epan</filename> directory.
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Protocol-Tree - Keep data of the capture file protocol information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Dissectors - The various protocol dissectors in
+ <filename>epan/dissectors</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Plugins - Some of the protocol dissectors are implemented as plugins, source
+ code at <filename>plugins</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display-Filters - the display filter engine at
+ <filename>epan/dfilter</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>Capture</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Capture engine.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>Wiretap</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The wiretap library is used to read/write capture files in libpcap
+ and a lot of other file formats, the source code is in the
+ <filename>wiretap</filename> directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>Win-/libpcap (not part of the Ethereal package)</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The platform dependant packet capture library, including the capture
+ filter engine. That's the reason why we still have different display
+ and capture filter syntax, as two different filtering engines used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
</section>
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