Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] New file gtk/capture_info_dlg.c and updated capture dialog

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:13:02 +0100
Hi List!

I have recently updated the capture dialog (the one displayed, when capture is in progress).

As the main task, I've seperated the dialog specific things from the file capture.c and put this in the new file gtk/capture_info_dlg.c.

In this dialog, some tiny "progress bars" were added, showing the earlier implemented packet percentage values in a somewhat more graphical way. I find this much more helpful to get an idea of whats going on, compared to the percentage values alone.

I'm in desperate need of a better name for the word "Portions" I have used. I was thinking of: "Histogram", "Percentage", "Ratio" As I'm not a "native english speaker", I need some advice for the best word to use here.


For the future:
Guy Harris noted, that an option could be useful to show only a very minimal dialog (packets received only), to reduce cpu load while capturing.


Regards, ULFL