[Nathan Jennings <njen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> Why not just add the  '-C' flag that someone else suggested as a short
> term solution and let whatever that flag specifies replace the '-
> Ethereal' string on the main window.
>
> Then the users can decide themself how and what they want specified as
> the title and we dont have to worry about policy.

I now see your point and agree that this is, at least, a good starting 
point. It may even end up being OK to leave in as *the* solution. It's 
flexible, let's the user decide on any string and avoids any Windows, or 
other platform, special cases. So, IMO, it's not a big deal that it 
doesn't automatically follow my host name changes. ;o)

Please see the attached patch. I ended up doing the following:

Created a new preference setting named "gui.window_title". By default 
it's empty, so the standard titles are displayed. When a user-defined 
string is entered, it's prepended to the existing titles. For example, 
if I entered "[My host]" for the preference, I'd end up with something 
like this in the main window:

[My Host] The Ethereal Network Analyzer

The same goes for the capture options and capture info dialogs.

NOTE: There is a bug with this patch! :o(

You must click "Save", then "OK" in the preferences dialog in order for 
the custom window title to show up correctly in the capture info dialog. 
I don't know why. Hopefully this can be easily corrected. The main 
window and capture options dialog work OK.

For the command-line or a script, the title can be passed as:

ethereal -o "gui.window_title:[My Host]"

Please let me know if I missed something or you have any other
suggestions.

-Nathan

Index: AUTHORS
===================================================================
--- AUTHORS	(revision 12628)
+++ AUTHORS	(working copy)
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@
 	Support for saving RTP analysis data in CSV form
 }
 
-Nathan Jennings         <njen [AT] bellsouth.net> {
+Nathan Jennings         <njen [AT] triad.rr.com> {
 	Support for user-supplied interface descriptions
 	Support for hiding interfaces in drop-down list in capture
 	    dialog
Index: gtk/capture_info_dlg.c
===================================================================
--- gtk/capture_info_dlg.c	(revision 12628)
+++ gtk/capture_info_dlg.c	(working copy)
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
   GtkWidget         *counts_fr, *running_tb, *running_label, *bbox;
   capture_info_ui_t *info;
   gchar             *cap_w_title;
+  gchar             *title_iface;
 
   info = g_malloc0(sizeof(capture_info_ui_t));
   info->counts[0].title = "Total";
@@ -113,10 +114,14 @@
   info->counts[11].title = "Other";
   info->counts[11].value_ptr = &(cinfo->counts->other);
 
-  cap_w_title = g_strdup_printf("Ethereal: Capture - Interface %s", iface);
+  /* use user-defined title if preference is set */
+  title_iface = g_strdup_printf("Ethereal: Capture - Interface %s", iface);
+  cap_w_title = create_user_window_title(title_iface);
 
   info->cap_w = dlg_window_new(cap_w_title);
+  g_free(title_iface);
   g_free(cap_w_title);
+
   gtk_window_set_modal(GTK_WINDOW(info->cap_w), TRUE);
 
   /* Container for capture display widgets */
Index: gtk/gui_prefs.c
===================================================================
--- gtk/gui_prefs.c	(revision 12628)
+++ gtk/gui_prefs.c	(working copy)
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #define GUI_ASK_UNSAVED_KEY     "ask_unsaved"
 #define GUI_WEBBROWSER_KEY	    "webbrowser"
 #define GUI_FIND_WRAP_KEY       "find_wrap"
+#define GUI_WINDOW_TITLE_KEY    "window_title"
 
 #define GUI_TOOLBAR_STYLE_KEY	"toolbar_style"
 
@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@
 static char open_file_preview_str[128] = "";
 
 #if GTK_MAJOR_VERSION < 2
+#define GUI_TABLE_ROWS 11
+#else
 #define GUI_TABLE_ROWS 10
-#else
-#define GUI_TABLE_ROWS 9
 #endif
 
 GtkWidget*
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
     GtkWidget *filter_toolbar_placement_om;
 	GtkWidget *recent_files_count_max_te, *ask_unsaved_cb, *find_wrap_cb;
     GtkWidget *webbrowser_te;
+    GtkWidget *window_title_te;
 	GtkWidget *save_position_cb, *save_size_cb, *save_maximized_cb;
 #if GTK_MAJOR_VERSION < 2
 	GtkWidget *expander_style_om, *line_style_om;
@@ -343,13 +345,18 @@
 	OBJECT_SET_DATA(main_vb, GUI_FIND_WRAP_KEY, find_wrap_cb);
 
 	/* Webbrowser */
-    if(browser_needs_pref()) {
+    if (browser_needs_pref()) {
 	    webbrowser_te = create_preference_entry(main_tb, pos++, 
             "Web browser command:", NULL, prefs.gui_webbrowser);
 	    gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY(webbrowser_te), prefs.gui_webbrowser);
 	    OBJECT_SET_DATA(main_vb, GUI_WEBBROWSER_KEY, webbrowser_te);
     }
 
+	/* Window title */
+    window_title_te = create_preference_entry(main_tb, pos++,
+        "Custom window title (prepended to existing titles):", NULL, prefs.gui_window_title);
+    gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY(window_title_te), prefs.gui_window_title);
+    OBJECT_SET_DATA(main_vb, GUI_WINDOW_TITLE_KEY, window_title_te);
 
 	/* Show 'em what we got */
 	gtk_widget_show_all(main_vb);
@@ -456,12 +463,16 @@
     prefs.gui_find_wrap = 
 	    gtk_toggle_button_get_active(OBJECT_GET_DATA(w, GUI_FIND_WRAP_KEY));
     
-    if(browser_needs_pref()) {
+    if (browser_needs_pref()) {
 		g_free(prefs.gui_webbrowser);
 	    prefs.gui_webbrowser = g_strdup(gtk_entry_get_text(
 		    GTK_ENTRY(OBJECT_GET_DATA(w, GUI_WEBBROWSER_KEY))));
     }
 
+    if (prefs.gui_window_title != NULL)
+		g_free(prefs.gui_window_title);
+	prefs.gui_window_title = g_strdup(gtk_entry_get_text(
+		GTK_ENTRY(OBJECT_GET_DATA(w, GUI_WINDOW_TITLE_KEY))));
 
 	/*
 	 * XXX - we need to have a way to fetch the preferences into
@@ -631,3 +642,4 @@
     }
     return;
 }
+
Index: gtk/capture_dlg.c
===================================================================
--- gtk/capture_dlg.c	(revision 12628)
+++ gtk/capture_dlg.c	(working copy)
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@
   GtkWidget     *buffer_size_lb, *buffer_size_sb;
 #endif
   guint32       value;
+  gchar         *cap_title;
 
   if (cap_open_w != NULL) {
     /* There's already a "Capture Options" dialog box; reactivate it. */
@@ -566,8 +567,12 @@
     g_free(cant_get_if_list_errstr);
   }
 
-  cap_open_w = dlg_window_new("Ethereal: Capture Options");
+  /* use user-defined title if preference is set */
+  cap_title = create_user_window_title("Ethereal: Capture Options");
 
+  cap_open_w = dlg_window_new(cap_title);
+  g_free(cap_title);
+
   tooltips = gtk_tooltips_new();
 
 #if GTK_MAJOR_VERSION < 2
Index: gtk/main.c
===================================================================
--- gtk/main.c	(revision 12628)
+++ gtk/main.c	(working copy)
@@ -2943,6 +2943,7 @@
     GList         *filter_list = NULL;
     GtkTooltips   *tooltips;
     GtkAccelGroup *accel;
+	gchar         *title;
     /* Display filter construct dialog has an Apply button, and "OK" not
        only sets our text widget, it activates it (i.e., it causes us to
        filter the capture). */
@@ -2952,8 +2953,12 @@
         TRUE
     };
 
+    /* use user-defined title if preference is set */
+    title = create_user_window_title("The Ethereal Network Analyzer");
+
     /* Main window */
-    top_level = window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL, "The Ethereal Network Analyzer");
+    top_level = window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL, title);
+    g_free(title);
 
     tooltips = gtk_tooltips_new();
 
@@ -3151,3 +3156,4 @@
     status_pane = gtk_hpaned_new();
     gtk_widget_show(status_pane);
 }
+
Index: gtk/ui_util.c
===================================================================
--- gtk/ui_util.c	(revision 12628)
+++ gtk/ui_util.c	(working copy)
@@ -570,8 +570,13 @@
 void
 set_main_window_name(gchar *window_name)
 {
-  gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(top_level), window_name);
-  gdk_window_set_icon_name(top_level->window, window_name);
+  gchar *title;
+
+  /* use user-defined window title if preference is set */
+  title = create_user_window_title(window_name);
+  gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(top_level), title);
+  gdk_window_set_icon_name(top_level->window, title);
+  g_free(title);
 }
 
 
@@ -1013,3 +1018,21 @@
         gtk_editable_copy_clipboard((GtkEditable *)text); /* Copy the byte data into the clipboard */
 #endif
 }
+
+/*
+ * Create a new window title string with user-defined title preference.
+ * (Or ignore it if unspecified).
+ */
+gchar *
+create_user_window_title(gchar *caption)
+{
+	/* fail-safe */
+	if (caption == NULL)
+		return g_strdup("");
+
+	/* no user-defined title specified */
+	if ((prefs.gui_window_title == NULL) || (*prefs.gui_window_title == '\0'))
+		return g_strdup(caption);
+
+	return g_strdup_printf("%s %s", prefs.gui_window_title, caption);
+}
Index: gtk/ui_util.h
===================================================================
--- gtk/ui_util.h	(revision 12628)
+++ gtk/ui_util.h	(working copy)
@@ -297,4 +297,12 @@
  */
 extern void copy_to_clipboard(GString *str);  
 
+/** Create a new window title that includes user-defined preference string.
+ *
+ * @param caption string you want included in title (appended to user-defined string)
+ * @return a newly created title string including user-defined preference (if specified)
+ */
+extern gchar *create_user_window_title(gchar *caption);
+
+
 #endif /* __GTKGUIUI_UTIL_H__ */
Index: epan/prefs.c
===================================================================
--- epan/prefs.c	(revision 12628)
+++ epan/prefs.c	(working copy)
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@
     prefs.gui_ask_unsaved            = TRUE;
     prefs.gui_find_wrap              = TRUE;
     prefs.gui_webbrowser             = g_strdup("mozilla %s");
+    prefs.gui_window_title           = g_strdup("");
     prefs.gui_layout_type            = layout_type_5;
     prefs.gui_layout_content_1       = layout_pane_content_plist;
     prefs.gui_layout_content_2       = layout_pane_content_pdetails;
@@ -1360,6 +1361,7 @@
 #define PRS_GUI_TOOLBAR_MAIN_SHOW        "gui.toolbar_main_show"
 #define PRS_GUI_TOOLBAR_MAIN_STYLE       "gui.toolbar_main_style"
 #define PRS_GUI_WEBBROWSER               "gui.webbrowser"
+#define PRS_GUI_WINDOW_TITLE             "gui.window_title"
 #define PRS_GUI_LAYOUT_TYPE              "gui.layout_type"
 #define PRS_GUI_LAYOUT_CONTENT_1         "gui.layout_content_1"
 #define PRS_GUI_LAYOUT_CONTENT_2         "gui.layout_content_2"
@@ -1695,6 +1697,10 @@
   } else if (strcmp(pref_name, PRS_GUI_WEBBROWSER) == 0) {
     g_free(prefs.gui_webbrowser);
     prefs.gui_webbrowser = g_strdup(value);
+  } else if (strcmp(pref_name, PRS_GUI_WINDOW_TITLE) == 0) {
+    if (prefs.gui_window_title != NULL)
+      g_free(prefs.gui_window_title);
+    prefs.gui_window_title = g_strdup(value);
   } else if (strcmp(pref_name, PRS_GUI_LAYOUT_TYPE) == 0) {
     prefs.gui_layout_type = strtoul(value, NULL, 10);
     if (prefs.gui_layout_type == layout_unused ||
@@ -2306,6 +2312,10 @@
   fprintf(pf, "# Ex: mozilla %%s\n");
   fprintf(pf, PRS_GUI_WEBBROWSER ": %s\n", prefs.gui_webbrowser);
 
+  fprintf(pf, "\n# Custom window title. (Prepended to existing titles.)\n");
+  fprintf(pf, PRS_GUI_WINDOW_TITLE ": %s\n",
+              prefs.gui_window_title);
+
   fprintf (pf, "\n######## User Interface: Layout ########\n");
 
   fprintf(pf, "\n# Layout type (1-6).\n");
@@ -2510,6 +2520,7 @@
   dest->gui_geometry_save_size = src->gui_geometry_save_size;
   dest->gui_geometry_save_maximized = src->gui_geometry_save_maximized;
   dest->gui_webbrowser = g_strdup(src->gui_webbrowser);
+  dest->gui_window_title = g_strdup(src->gui_window_title);
 /*  values for the capture dialog box */
   dest->capture_device = g_strdup(src->capture_device);
   dest->capture_devices_descr = g_strdup(src->capture_devices_descr);
@@ -2550,6 +2561,10 @@
   }
   g_free(pr->gui_webbrowser);
   pr->gui_webbrowser = NULL;
+  if (pr->gui_window_title != NULL) {
+    g_free(pr->gui_window_title);
+    pr->gui_window_title = NULL;
+  }
   if (pr->capture_device != NULL) {
     g_free(pr->capture_device);
     pr->capture_device = NULL;
@@ -2579,3 +2594,4 @@
   g_list_free(pr->col_list);
   pr->col_list = NULL;
 }
+
Index: epan/prefs.h
===================================================================
--- epan/prefs.h	(revision 12628)
+++ epan/prefs.h	(working copy)
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
   gboolean gui_ask_unsaved;
   gboolean gui_find_wrap;
   gchar   *gui_webbrowser;
+  gchar   *gui_window_title;
   layout_type_e gui_layout_type;
   layout_pane_content_e gui_layout_content_1;
   layout_pane_content_e gui_layout_content_2;
@@ -350,3 +351,4 @@
 extern int prefs_set_pref(char *prefarg);
 
 #endif /* prefs.h */
+