Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Match Selected...

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gramirez@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:57:11 -0500
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:03:21 Laurent Deniel wrote:
> 
> Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 06:38:54 Laurent Deniel wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > The Match Selected feature currently works only if you have a field
> > > selected in the protocol tree. A long time ago, if I remember
> correctly,
> > > it was also working when you selected some bytes in the packet hex dump
> > > window (with a display filter of the form frame[...] = ...).
> > >
> > > So we have 2 options :
> > >
> > > 1) make it work again with the hex dump window or,
> > >
> > > 2) disable the Match Selected menu item when there is no protocol row
> > >    selected (like "Protocol Properties ...")
> > >    and remove it from the right click popup menu of the packet list
> > >    (since it is now only related to the protocol tree).
> > >
> > > Any remarks ?
> >
> > I don't recall Ethereal doing *anything* with the current
> > selection in the hex dump GtkText widget.
> >
> > --gilbert
> 
> Hmm, you should be right or was it a side effect or an released patch ?
> I do not remember.
> 
> So what about my options ?

Making it work with the hex dump window would be nice. 

--gilbert