Ulf Lamping wrote:
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A "better than nothing" solution (and quick to implement) would be to
include the text from the user's guide into the online help fields,
for the capture and display filters.
For a first step, I will add some text to the online help
(maybe copied from the user's guide), that will explain the filter usage
of both filters. But don't expect this in the next days.
I think this would be a big "first step" in providing help for
{new,casual} users. I've witnessed this at work where sometimes it's a
significant stumbling block. I think some practical, common, real-world
examples would go a long way.
Having said that, I'd like to suggest that, in addition to what you pull
from the user's guide, we provide some additional examples. Google found
a couple of pages covering the syntax with examples:
http://home.insight.rr.com/procana/
http://openxtra.com/support/kb/advanced-packet-filtering_html
Depending on how much you think should be included, I'll condense/modify
the information above into a proposed list if it's agreed this is a good
idea.
-Nathan