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authorStig Bjørlykke <stig@bjorlykke.org>2010-01-01 17:00:17 +0000
committerStig Bjørlykke <stig@bjorlykke.org>2010-01-01 17:00:17 +0000
commite24b354bc5609834bbd1ff18512e9a348cf21914 (patch)
tree4eeb0f062976153b056191ec8eb912ed2bce9f56 /docbook/wsug_src
parent3988c9b8484f318ca3d85b70df3916b855712e9d (diff)
Document the ignore packets functions.
Update the mark packets functions. svn path=/trunk/; revision=31399
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook/wsug_src')
-rw-r--r--docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml31
-rw-r--r--docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml47
2 files changed, 73 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml
index f6f887d48a..0b58e55ac6 100644
--- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml
+++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_use.xml
@@ -733,10 +733,10 @@
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><command>Mark All Packets</command></entry>
+ <entry><command>Mark All Displayed Packets</command></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry><para>
- This menu item "marks" all packets.
+ This menu item "marks" all displayed packets.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -751,6 +751,33 @@
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><command>Ignore Packet (toggle)</command></entry>
+ <entry>Ctrl+X</entry>
+ <entry><para>
+ This menu item marks the currently selected packet as ignored.
+ See <xref linkend="ChWorkIgnorePacketSection"/> for details.
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><command>Ignore All Displayed Packets</command></entry>
+ <entry>Shift-Ctrl-Alt-X</entry>
+ <entry><para>
+ This menu item marks all displayed packets as ignored.
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><command>Un-Ignore All Packets</command></entry>
+ <entry>Shift-Ctrl-X</entry>
+ <entry><para>
+ This menu item unmarks all ignored packets.
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><command>------</command></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><command>Set Time Reference (toggle)</command></entry>
<entry>Ctrl+T</entry>
<entry><para>
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml
index c7d96981a1..4cfd0f8413 100644
--- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml
+++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml
@@ -1417,8 +1417,8 @@ eth.src[1-2] == 00:83
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <command>Mark all packets</command> set the mark state of all
- packets.
+ <command>Mark all displayed packets</command> set the mark state of all
+ displayed packets.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -1428,12 +1428,53 @@ eth.src[1-2] == 00:83
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- These mark function are available from the "Edit" menu, and the
+ These mark functions are available from the "Edit" menu, and the
"Mark packet (toggle)" function is also available from the pop-up menu of
the "Packet List" pane.
</para>
</section>
+ <section id="ChWorkIgnorePacketSection"><title>Ignoring packets</title>
+ <para>
+ You can ignore packets in the "Packet List" pane. Wireshark will then pretend that this
+ packets does not exist in the capture file.
+ An ignored packet will be shown with white background and gray foreground, regardless
+ of the coloring rules set.
+ </para>
+ <warning><title>Warning!</title>
+ <para>
+ The packet ignored marks are not stored in the capture file or anywhere else,
+ so all packet ignored marks will be lost if you close the capture file.
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+ <para>
+ There are three functions to manipulate the ignored state of a packet:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <command>Ignore packet (toggle)</command> toggles the ignored state
+ of a single packet.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <command>Ignore all displayed packets</command> set the ignored state of all
+ displayed packets.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <command>Un-Ignore all packets</command> reset the ignored state of all
+ packets.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ These ignore functions are available from the "Edit" menu, and the
+ "Ignore packet (toggle)" function is also available from the pop-up menu of
+ the "Packet List" pane.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
<section id="ChWorkTimeFormatsSection"><title>Time display formats and time
references</title>
<para>