seperated the input file formats into list elements, instead of a "floating text"

git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@10676 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7

1 files changed, 87 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod
index d713f6e27d..04dbbe3edd 100644
--- a/doc/ethereal.pod
+++ b/doc/ethereal.pod
@@ -41,26 +41,93 @@ B<Ethereal> is a GUI network protocol analyzer.  It lets you
 interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a
 previously saved capture file.  B<Ethereal>'s native capture file format
 is B<libpcap> format, which is also the format used by B<tcpdump> and
-various other tools.  In addition, B<Ethereal> can read capture files
-from B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop>, Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures,
-Novell B<LANalyzer> captures, Network General/Network Associates
-DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures, Microsoft
-B<Network Monitor> captures, files from AIX's B<iptrace>, Cinco Networks
-B<NetXRay> captures, captures from Network Associates Windows-based
-B<Sniffer>, AG Group/WildPackets
-B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp> captures, captures
-from B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer, B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output,
-files from HP-UX's B<nettl>, the dump output from B<Toshiba's> ISDN
-routers, the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project, the
-output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection
-System, B<pppd logs> (pppdump format), the output from VMS's
-B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities, the text output from
-the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility, traffic capture files from Visual
-Networks' Visual UpTime, the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug, the output
-from Accellent's 5Views LAN agents, captures in Endace Measurement
-Systems' ERF format, Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces,
-captures from Network Instruments Observer version 9, and traces from
-the EyeSDN USB S0.  There is no need to tell B<Ethereal> what type of
+various other tools.
+
+B<Ethereal> can read / import the following file formats:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+libpcap, tcpdump and various other tools using tcpdump's capture format
+
+=item *
+B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop>
+
+=item *
+Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures
+
+=item *
+Novell B<LANalyzer> captures
+
+=item *
+Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures
+
+=item *
+AIX's B<iptrace> captures
+
+=item *
+Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures
+
+=item *
+Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer> captures
+
+=item *
+Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures
+
+=item *
+AG Group/WildPackets B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures
+
+=item *
+B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer captures
+
+=item *
+Network Instruments B<Observer> version 9 captures
+
+=item *
+B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output
+
+=item *
+files from HP-UX's B<nettl>
+
+=item *
+B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output
+
+=item *
+the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project
+
+=item *
+traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0.
+
+=item *
+the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System
+
+=item *
+B<pppd logs> (pppdump format)
+
+=item *
+the output from VMS's B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities
+
+=item *
+the text output from the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility
+
+=item *
+Visual Networks' B<Visual UpTime> traffic capture
+
+=item *
+the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug
+
+=item *
+the output from Accellent's B<5Views> LAN agents
+
+=item *
+Endace Measurement Systems' ERF format captures 
+
+=item *
+Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces
+
+=back 4
+
+There is no need to tell B<Ethereal> what type of
 file you are reading; it will determine the file type by itself. 
 B<Ethereal> is also capable of reading any of these file formats if they
 are compressed using gzip.  B<Ethereal> recognizes this directly from