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1 files changed, 95 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/prefs.c b/prefs.c
index f58c1dce3c..257d91d336 100644
--- a/prefs.c
+++ b/prefs.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/* prefs.c
* Routines for handling preferences
*
- * $Id: prefs.c,v 1.69 2001/11/03 21:37:00 guy Exp $
+ * $Id: prefs.c,v 1.70 2001/11/04 02:50:19 guy Exp $
*
* Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
#include "prefs-int.h"
/* Internal functions */
+static module_t *find_module(const char *name);
static struct preference *find_preference(module_t *, const char *);
static int set_pref(gchar*, gchar*);
static GList *get_string_list(gchar *);
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ prefs_register_module(const char *name, const char *title,
void (*apply_cb)(void))
{
module_t *module;
+ const guchar *p;
module = g_malloc(sizeof (module_t));
module->name = name;
@@ -120,6 +122,28 @@ prefs_register_module(const char *name, const char *title,
module->numprefs = 0;
module->prefs_changed = FALSE;
+ /*
+ * Make sure that only lower-case ASCII letters, numbers, and
+ * underscores appear in the module name.
+ *
+ * Crash if there is, as that's an error in the code;
+ * you can make the title a nice string with capitalization,
+ * white space, punctuation, etc., but the name can be used
+ * on the command line, and shouldn't require quoting,
+ * shifting, etc.
+ */
+ for (p = name; *p != '\0'; p++)
+ g_assert(isascii(*p) &&
+ (islower(*p) || isdigit(*p) || *p == '_'));
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure there's not already a module with that
+ * name. Crash if there is, as that's an error in the
+ * code, and the code has to be fixed not to register
+ * more than one module with the same name.
+ */
+ g_assert(find_module(name) == NULL);
+
modules = g_list_insert_sorted(modules, module, module_compare_name);
return module;
@@ -149,11 +173,11 @@ module_match(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
}
static module_t *
-find_module(char *name)
+find_module(const char *name)
{
GList *list_entry;
- list_entry = g_list_find_custom(modules, name, module_match);
+ list_entry = g_list_find_custom(modules, (gpointer)name, module_match);
if (list_entry == NULL)
return NULL; /* no such module */
return (module_t *) list_entry->data;
@@ -218,6 +242,7 @@ register_preference(module_t *module, const char *name, const char *title,
const char *description)
{
pref_t *preference;
+ const guchar *p;
preference = g_malloc(sizeof (pref_t));
preference->name = name;
@@ -226,6 +251,20 @@ register_preference(module_t *module, const char *name, const char *title,
preference->ordinal = module->numprefs;
/*
+ * Make sure that only lower-case ASCII letters, numbers,
+ * underscores, and dots appear in the preference name.
+ *
+ * Crash if there is, as that's an error in the code;
+ * you can make the title and description nice strings
+ * with capitalization, white space, punctuation, etc.,
+ * but the name can be used on the command line,
+ * and shouldn't require quoting, Shifting, etc.
+ */
+ for (p = name; *p != '\0'; p++)
+ g_assert(isascii(*p) &&
+ (islower(*p) || isdigit(*p) || *p == '_' || *p == '.'));
+
+ /*
* Make sure there's not already a preference with that
* name. Crash if there is, as that's an error in the
* code, and the code has to be fixed not to register
@@ -348,6 +387,18 @@ prefs_register_string_preference(module_t *module, const char *name,
preference->saved_val.string = NULL;
}
+/*
+ * Register a preference that used to be supported but no longer is.
+ */
+void
+prefs_register_obsolete_preference(module_t *module, const char *name)
+{
+ pref_t *preference;
+
+ preference = register_preference(module, name, NULL, NULL);
+ preference->type = PREF_OBSOLETE;
+}
+
typedef struct {
pref_cb callback;
gpointer user_data;
@@ -359,6 +410,17 @@ do_pref_callback(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
pref_t *pref = data;
pref_cb_arg_t *arg = user_data;
+ if (pref->type == PREF_OBSOLETE) {
+ /*
+ * This preference is no longer supported; it's not a
+ * real preference, so we don't call the callback for
+ * it (i.e., we treat it as if it weren't found in the
+ * list of preferences, and we weren't called in the
+ * first place).
+ */
+ return;
+ }
+
(*arg->callback)(pref, arg->user_data);
}
@@ -837,6 +899,13 @@ read_prefs_file(const char *pf_path, FILE *pf)
g_warning ("%s line %d: No such preference \"%s\"", pf_path,
pline, cur_var);
break;
+
+ case PREFS_SET_OBSOLETE:
+ /* We silently ignore attempts to set these; it's
+ probably not the user's fault that it's in there -
+ they may have saved preferences with a release that
+ supported them. */
+ break;
}
} else {
g_warning ("%s line %d: Incomplete preference", pf_path, pline);
@@ -898,6 +967,12 @@ read_prefs_file(const char *pf_path, FILE *pf)
g_warning ("%s line %d: No such preference \"%s\"", pf_path,
pline, cur_var);
break;
+
+ case PREFS_SET_OBSOLETE:
+ /* We silently ignore attempts to set these; it's probably not
+ the user's fault that it's in there - they may have saved
+ preferences with a release that supported it. */
+ break;
}
} else {
g_warning ("%s line %d: Incomplete preference", pf_path, pline);
@@ -1355,6 +1430,9 @@ set_pref(gchar *pref_name, gchar *value)
*pref->varp.string = g_strdup(value);
}
break;
+
+ case PREF_OBSOLETE:
+ return PREFS_SET_OBSOLETE; /* no such preference any more */
}
}
@@ -1377,6 +1455,16 @@ write_pref(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
const enum_val_t *enum_valp;
const char *val_string;
+ if (pref->type == PREF_OBSOLETE) {
+ /*
+ * This preference is no longer supported; it's not a
+ * real preference, so we don't write it out (i.e., we
+ * treat it as if it weren't found in the list of
+ * preferences, and we weren't called in the first place).
+ */
+ return;
+ }
+
fprintf(arg->pf, "\n# %s\n", pref->description);
switch (pref->type) {
@@ -1434,6 +1522,10 @@ write_pref(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
fprintf(arg->pf, "%s.%s: %s\n", arg->module->name, pref->name,
*pref->varp.string);
break;
+
+ case PREF_OBSOLETE:
+ g_assert_not_reached();
+ break;
}
}