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authorUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2004-05-22 13:49:01 +0000
committerUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2004-05-22 13:49:01 +0000
commit94b84ca199ade85cf221e5ffad82d1977827382c (patch)
treef4b7d8c15434b3950879a01b8db628cd4991e76a /doc/ethereal.pod
parent4aab1564874dff72bd2a8d28b4b259fb6dc41726 (diff)
some beautifying and
bring the links to live, so the html manpage will jump correctly to it's link targets svn path=/trunk/; revision=10959
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod
index e1c8e885d8..41c15379da 100644
--- a/doc/ethereal.pod
+++ b/doc/ethereal.pod
@@ -575,7 +575,11 @@ SIP packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
=over 4
-=item File:Open, File:Open Recent, File:Close
+=item File:Open
+
+=item File:Open Recent
+
+=item File:Close
Open or close a capture file. The I<File:Open> dialog box
allows a filter to be specified; when the capture file is read, the
@@ -583,7 +587,9 @@ filter is applied to all packets read from the file, and packets not
matching the filter are discarded. The I<File:Open Recent> is a submenu
and will show a list of previously opened files.
-=item File:Save, File:Save As
+=item File:Save
+
+=item File:Save As
Save the current capture, or the packets currently displayed from that
capture, to a file. Check boxes let you select whether to save all
@@ -630,15 +636,11 @@ case insensitive.
=item Edit:Find Next
-Search forward, starting with the currently selected packet
-(or the most recently selected packet, if no packet is selected), for a
-packet matching the filter from the previous search.
-
=item Edit:Find Previous
-Search backward, starting with the currently selected packet (or the
-most recently selected packet, if no packet is selected), for a packet
-matching the filter from the previous search.
+Search forward / backward for a packet matching the filter from the previous
+search, starting with the currently selected packet (or the most recently
+selected packet, if no packet is selected).
=item Edit:Time Reference:Set Time Reference
@@ -658,32 +660,28 @@ be reset at every Time Reference packet.
=item Edit:Time Reference:Find Next
-Find the next time referenced packet.
-
=item Edit:Time Reference:Find Previous
-Find the previously time referenced packet.
+Search forward / backward for a time referenced packet.
=item Edit:Mark Packet
Mark (or unmark if currently marked) the selected packet. The field
"frame.marked" is set for packets that are marked, so that, for example,
a display filters can be used to display only marked packets, and so that
-the L<Find Packet> menu item can be used to find the next or previous
+the L<Edit:Find Packet|/item_edit_3afind_packet> dialog can be used to find the next or previous
marked packet.
=item Edit:Mark All Packets
-Mark all packets that are currently displayed.
-
=item Edit:Unmark All Packets
-Unmark all packets that are currently displayed.
+Mark / Unmark all packets that are currently displayed.
=item Edit:Preferences
Set the packet printing, column display, TCP stream coloring, and GUI
-options (see L<"Preferences"> below).
+options (see L<Preferences|/item_preferences> dialog below).
=item View:Main Toolbar
@@ -717,11 +715,9 @@ packet list while a live capture is in progress.
=item View:Zoom In
-Zoom into the main window data.
-
=item View:Zoom Out
-Zoom out of the main window data.
+Zoom into / out of the main window data (by changing the font size).
=item View:Normal Size
@@ -729,17 +725,15 @@ Reset the zoom factor of zoom in / zoom out back to normal font size.
=item View:Collapse All
-Collapse all branches of the packet details.
-
=item View:Expand All
-Expands all branches of the packet details.
+Collapse / Expand all branches of the packet details.
=item View:Expand Tree
Expands the currently selected item in the packet details.
-=item Edit:Coloring Rules
+=item View:Coloring Rules
Change the foreground and background colors of the packet information in
the list of packets, based upon display filters. The list of display
@@ -793,15 +787,13 @@ that packet number has been put into the packet details.
=item Go:First Packet
-Go to the first packet in the capture.
-
=item Go:Last Packet
-Go to the last packet in the capture.
+Go to the first / last packet in the capture.
=item Capture:Start
-Initiate a live packet capture (see L<"Capture Options"> below). A
+Initiate a live packet capture (see L<Capture Options|/item_capture_options> dialog below). A
temporary file will be created to hold the capture. The location of the
file can be chosen by setting your TMPDIR environment variable before
starting B<Ethereal>. Otherwise, the default TMPDIR location is
@@ -1214,7 +1206,7 @@ List of supported protocols and display filter protocol fields.
=item Help:About Ethereal
-See various information about Ethereal (see I<"About"> below), like the
+See various information about Ethereal (see L<About|/item_about> dialog below), like the
version, the folders used, the available plugins, ...
=back