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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.developer | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | epan/prefs.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.developer b/doc/README.developer index 49392c98c6..8f6c99d788 100644 --- a/doc/README.developer +++ b/doc/README.developer @@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ Where: module - Returned by the prefs_register_protocol routine the preference file will already have it title - Field title in the preferences dialog description - Comments added to the preference file above the - preference value + preference value and shown as tooltip in the GUI, or NULL var - pointer to the storage location that is updated when the field is changed in the preference dialog box. Note that with string preferences the given pointer is overwritten diff --git a/epan/prefs.c b/epan/prefs.c index 8179457449..a73fa3a3c0 100644 --- a/epan/prefs.c +++ b/epan/prefs.c @@ -2763,7 +2763,8 @@ write_pref(gpointer data, gpointer user_data) * Make multiple line descriptions appear as * multiple commented lines in prefs file. */ - if (g_ascii_strncasecmp(pref->description,"", 2) != 0) { + if (pref->description && + (g_ascii_strncasecmp(pref->description,"", 2) != 0)) { desc_lines = g_strsplit(pref->description,"\n",0); for (i = 0; desc_lines[i] != NULL; ++i) { fprintf(arg->pf, "\n# %s", desc_lines[i]); |