First part to fix #148: use command line parameter -o not only for preferences but also for recent settings.

This way we can simply remove the GUI related command line parameters -B, -P and -T, which are useless now.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=14483

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod
index d2525198ae..2e62a40bfe 100644
--- a/doc/ethereal.pod
+++ b/doc/ethereal.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ ethereal - Interactively browse network traffic
 B<ethereal>
 S<[ B<-a> capture autostop condition ] ...>
 S<[ B<-b> ring buffer options] ...>
-S<[ B<-B> byte view height ]>
 S<[ B<-c> count ]>
 S<[ B<-f> capture filter expression ]>
 S<[ B<-h> ]>
@@ -19,15 +18,13 @@ S<[ B<-L> ]>
 S<[ B<-m> font ]>
 S<[ B<-n> ]>
 S<[ B<-N> resolving flags ] >
-S<[ B<-o> preference setting ] ...>
+S<[ B<-o> preference/recent setting ] ...>
 S<[ B<-p> ]>
-S<[ B<-P> packet list height ]>
 S<[ B<-Q> ]>
 S<[ B<-r> infile ]>
 S<[ B<-R> display filter expression ]>
 S<[ B<-S> ]>
 S<[ B<-s> snaplen ]>
-S<[ B<-T> details view height ]>
 S<[ B<-t> time stamp format ]>
 S<[ B<-v> ]>
 S<[ B<-w> savefile]>
@@ -172,28 +169,14 @@ Specify a criterion that specifies when B<Ethereal> is to stop writing
 to a capture file.  The criterion is of the form I<test>B<:>I<value>,
 where I<test> is one of:
 
-=for man .RS
+B<duration>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after I<value> seconds have elapsed.
 
-=for html <P><DL>
-
-=item duration
-
-Stop writing to a capture file after I<value> seconds have elapsed.
-
-=item filesize
-
-Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches a size of I<value>
+B<filesize>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches a size of I<value>
 kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes). If this option 
 is used together with the -b option, Ethereal will stop writing to the 
 current capture file and switch to the next one if filesize is reached.
 
-=item files
-
-Stop writing to capture files after I<value> number of files were written.
-
-=for man .RE
-
-=for html </DL>
+B<files>:I<value> Stop writing to capture files after I<value> number of files were written.
 
 =item -b
 
@@ -224,10 +207,6 @@ I<value> kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes).
 B<files>:I<value> begin again with the first file after I<value> number of 
 files were written (form a ring buffer).
 
-=item -B
-
-Set the initial height of the byte view (bottom) pane.
-
 =item -c
 
 Set the default number of packets to read when capturing live
@@ -299,11 +278,13 @@ The letter B<C> enables concurrent (asynchronous) DNS lookups.
 
 =item -o
 
-Set a preference value, overriding the default value and any value read
-from a preference file.  The argument to the flag is a string of the
-form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the
-preference (which is the same name that would appear in the preference
-file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set.
+Set a preference or recent value, overriding the default value and any value 
+read from a preference/recent file. The argument to the flag is a string of 
+the form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the
+preference/recent value (which is the same name that would appear in the 
+preference/recent file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set. 
+Using the recent settings now replaces the formerly used -B, -P and -T 
+parameters to manipulate the GUI dimensions.
 
 =item -p
 
@@ -314,10 +295,6 @@ traffic sent to or from the machine on which B<Ethereal> is running,
 broadcast traffic, and multicast traffic to addresses received by that
 machine.
 
-=item -P
-
-Set the initial height of the packet list (top) pane.
-
 =item -Q
 
 Cause B<Ethereal> to exit after the end of capture session (useful in
@@ -346,10 +323,6 @@ Set the default snapshot length to use when capturing live data.
 No more than I<snaplen> bytes of each network packet will be read into
 memory, or saved to disk.
 
-=item -T
-
-Set the initial height of the packet details (middle) pane.
-
 =item -t
 
 Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the packet list