[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Biot Olivier wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> As I understood from some mails on the list, some people are looking for
> development work :) I think one big accomplishment would be to support
> multiple open captures. This will require a rethink of the global variables
> used throughout the code. (maybe we want a file declaring all global
> variables for *any* Ethereal UI, or say the Ethereal core).
>
> Also, we may want to invest some time in evaluating whether we could make
> the protocol dissectors multithreading-safe (which is not the case today as
> many protocol dissectors track state with global and/or local static
> variables). This of course *if* we require the dissection library to be
> MT-safe (which we may want to do if we support multiple files).
>
> As a minimum we should describe the current status of Ethereal, and then
> come up with a ToDo list based on this state.
>
> Looks useful? Looks feasible?
>
>  
Do you think of a multiple document interface (MDI) window?

This isn't encouraged by current human interface guidelines any longer.

You could have a look at:

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/windows.html#document-interface-types

to get an insight why :-)


However: To get the dissection engine MT-safe would have other 
advantages, like using it in different applications at the same time.

Regards, ULFL