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author | Stig Bjørlykke <stig@bjorlykke.org> | 2008-06-21 17:30:44 +0000 |
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committer | Stig Bjørlykke <stig@bjorlykke.org> | 2008-06-21 17:30:44 +0000 |
commit | 4e3df102d787638cf17738d8654b2af4c9baf02b (patch) | |
tree | 445af27cf991a22125f0f1631b49862c25e6096a /docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml | |
parent | e6694e15d8cf058d86d027d7ceb9423ce211465c (diff) |
Updated the statusbar documentation:
- Added description of the expert info bullet
- Added description of the configuration profile with menu
- Show the correct Packets/Displayed/Marked(/Dropped) names
- Describe the display filter message when using the != operator
svn path=/trunk/; revision=25513
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diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml index 35462821f7..98b0b62fc9 100644 --- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml +++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml @@ -2282,56 +2282,106 @@ The statusbar displays informational messages. </para> <para> - In general, the left side will show context related information, while the - right side will show the current number of packets. + In general, the left side will show context related information, the + middle part will show the current number of packets, and the right side will + show the selected configuration profile. Drag the handles between the text + areas to change the size. </para> <para> - <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarEmpty"> - <title>The initial Statusbar</title> - <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarEmpty" format="PNG"/> - </figure> - This statusbar is shown while no capture file is loaded, e.g. when - Wireshark is started. + <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarEmpty"> + <title>The initial Statusbar</title> + <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarEmpty" format="PNG"/> + </figure> + This statusbar is shown while no capture file is loaded, e.g. when + Wireshark is started. + </para> + <para> + <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarLoaded"> + <title>The Statusbar with a loaded capture file</title> + <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarLoaded" format="PNG"/> + </figure> + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <command>The colorized bullet</command> on the left shows the highest expert + info level found in the currently loaded capture file. Hovering the mouse + over this icon will show a textual description of the expert info level, + and clicking the icon will bring up the Expert Infos dialog box. + For a detailed description of expert info, see <xref linkend="ChAdvExpert"/>. </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para> - <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarLoaded"> - <title>The Statusbar with a loaded capture file</title> - <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarLoaded" format="PNG"/> - </figure> - The left side shows information about the capture file, its - name, its size and the elapsed time while it was being captured. + <command>The left side</command> shows information about the capture file, its + name, its size and the elapsed time while it was being captured. </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para> - The right side shows the current number of packets in the - capture file. The following values are displayed: - <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> + <command>The middle part</command> shows the current number of packets in the capture file. + The following values are displayed: + <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> <listitem> - <para><emphasis>P:</emphasis> the number of captured packets</para> + <para><emphasis>Packets:</emphasis> the number of captured packets</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para><emphasis>D:</emphasis> the number of packets currently being - displayed</para> + <para><emphasis>Displayed:</emphasis> the number of packets currently being + displayed</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para><emphasis>M:</emphasis> the number of marked packets</para> + <para><emphasis>Marked:</emphasis> the number of marked packets</para> </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + </itemizedlist> + If Wireshark was unable to capture all packets the following value is also displayed: + <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> + <listitem> + <para><emphasis>Dropped:</emphasis> the number of dropped packets</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para> - <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarSelected"> - <title>The Statusbar with a selected protocol field</title> - <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarSelected" format="PNG"/> - </figure> - This is displayed if you have selected a protocol field from the - "Packet Details" pane. + <command>The left side</command> shows the selected configuration profile. + Clicking in this part of the statusbar will bring up a menu with all available + configuration profiles, and selecting from this list will change configuration profile. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarProfile"> + <title>The Statusbar with a configuration profile menu</title> + <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarProfile" format="PNG"/> + </figure> + For a detailed description of configuration profiles, see + <xref linkend="ChCustConfigProfilesSection"/>. + </para> + <para> + <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarSelected"> + <title>The Statusbar with a selected protocol field</title> + <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarSelected" format="PNG"/> + </figure> + This is displayed if you have selected a protocol field from the + "Packet Details" pane. </para> <tip><title>Tip!</title> - <para> - The value between the brackets (in this example - <command>arp.opcode</command>) can be used as a display filter string, - representing the selected protocol field. - </para> + <para> + The value between the brackets (in this example + <command>arp.opcode</command>) can be used as a display filter string, + representing the selected protocol field. + </para> </tip> + <para> + <figure id="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarFilter"> + <title>The Statusbar with a display filter message</title> + <graphic entityref="WiresharkStatusbarFilter" format="PNG"/> + </figure> + This is displayed if you are trying to use a display filter with + unexpected results. For a detailed description of the display filter, + see <xref linkend="ChWorkBuildDisplayFilterSection"/>. + </para> + </section> </chapter> |