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authorJeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@ulticom.com>2011-01-21 17:08:35 +0000
committerJeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@ulticom.com>2011-01-21 17:08:35 +0000
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From Alexis La Goutte via https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5603 :
Following the discussion on the dev mailing list about ett_ value in subtree http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201101/msg00039.html a small to update the Readme Developer Guide ! svn path=/trunk/; revision=35610
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@@ -2074,6 +2074,12 @@ array of pointers to "gint" variables to hold the subtree type values to
in your "register" routine, just as you register the protocol and the
fields for that protocol.
+The ett_ variables identify particular type of subtree so that if you expand
+one of them, Wireshark keeps track of that and, when you click on
+another packet, it automatically opens all subtrees of that type.
+If you close one of them, all subtrees of that type will be closed when
+you move to another packet.
+
There are several functions that the programmer can use to add either
protocol or field labels to the proto_tree: