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authorUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2005-06-04 04:57:10 +0000
committerUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2005-06-04 04:57:10 +0000
commitc97555220bbddd86b41569b6b99c135754f121f8 (patch)
treeb347b546b58dd5e987d8bd1084175ed2b6bb5b45 /doc/ethereal.pod
parentc1292ec68a39d08b9d5d1f4413f17bceb23b19bd (diff)
update to changes done in the menu
svn path=/trunk/; revision=14548
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1 files changed, 53 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod
index 738dea81a7..8321d56117 100644
--- a/doc/ethereal.pod
+++ b/doc/ethereal.pod
@@ -621,6 +621,20 @@ a list of file formats in which at particular capture, or the packets
currently displayed from that capture, can be saved), a file format in
which to save it.
+=item File:File Set:List Files
+
+Show a dialog box that list all files of the file set matching the currently
+loaded file. A file set is a compound of files resulting from a capture using
+the "multiple files" / "ringbuffer" mode, recognizable by the filename pattern,
+e.g.: Filename_00001_20050604101530.pcap.
+
+=item File:File Set:Next File
+
+=item File:File Set:Previous File
+
+If the currently loaded file is part of a file set (see above), open the
+next / previous file in that set.
+
=item File:Export
Export captured data into an external format. Note: the data cannot be
@@ -721,19 +735,22 @@ Show or hide the main window controls.
Show or hide the main window panes.
-=item View:Colorize Packet List
+=item View:Time Display Format
-Enable or disable the coloring rules. Disabling will improve performance.
+Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the packet list window.
-=item View:Time Display Format
+=item View:Name Resolution:Resolve Name
-Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the packet list window
-to relative, absolute, absolute date and time, or delta.
+Try to resolve a name for the currently seleted item.
-=item View:Name Resolution
+=item View:Name Resolution:Enable for ... Layer
Enable or disable translation of addresses to names in the display.
+=item View:Colorize Packet List
+
+Enable or disable the coloring rules. Disabling will improve performance.
+
=item View:Auto Scroll in Live Capture
Enable or disable the automatic scrolling of the
@@ -749,19 +766,19 @@ Zoom into / out of the main window data (by changing the font size).
Reset the zoom factor of zoom in / zoom out back to normal font size.
-=item View:Resize Columns
+=item View:Resize All Columns
-Resize the columns to best fit the current packet display.
+Resize all columns to best fit the current packet display.
-=item View:Collapse All
+=item View:Expand Subtrees
-=item View:Expand All
+Expands the currently selected item and it's subtrees in the packet details.
-Collapse / Expand all branches of the packet details.
+=item View:Expand All
-=item View:Expand Tree
+=item View:Collapse All
-Expands the currently selected item in the packet details.
+Expand / Collapse all branches of the packet details.
=item View:Coloring Rules
@@ -836,25 +853,36 @@ that packet number has been put into the packet details.
Go to the first / last packet in the capture.
+=item Capture:Interfaces
+
+Shows a dialog box with all currently known interfaces and displaying the
+current network traffic amount. Capture sessions can be started from here.
+Beware: keeping this box open results in high system load!
+
+=item Capture:Options
+
+Initiate a live packet capture (see L<Capture Options|/item_capture_options>
+dialog below). If no filename is specified, 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 system-dependent, but is likely either F</var/tmp>
+or F</tmp>.
+
=item Capture:Start
-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
-system-dependent, but is likely either F</var/tmp> or F</tmp>.
+Start a live packet capture with the previously seleted options. This won't
+open the options dialog box, and can be convenient for repeatingly capturing
+with the same options.
=item Capture:Stop
-In a capture that updates the packet display as packets arrive (so that
-Ethereal responds to user input other than pressing the "Stop" button in
-the capture packet statistics dialog box), stop the capture.
+Stop a running live capture.
-=item Capture:Interfaces
+=item Capture:Restart
-Shows a dialogs box with all currently known interfaces and displaying the
-current network traffic amount. Capture sessions can be started from here.
-Beware: keeping this box open results in high system load!
+While a live capture is running, stop it and restart with the same options
+again. This can be convenient to remove unrelevant packets, if no valuable
+packets were captured so far.
=item Capture:Capture Filters