Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Is there a way to limit the available filters in the displa

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From: Jeff Heath <jheath1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:07:14 -0500
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 19:56, Guy Harris wrote:
> Jeff Heath wrote:
> > Is there a way to remove some of the available choices in the display
> > filter expression screen  (Analyze -> Display Filter -> Expression) ?  
> > 
> > I'm doing work on an MGCP gateway and the only filters I'm interested in
> > applying are the IP, MGCP, and SIP filters.  I know it's a  whiny
> > complaint, but if someone could point me to the right place in the code
> > I'd be willing to attempt to write a patch to add some sort of selection
> > mechanism for dissectors of interest.
> 
> Does that mean only "the only filters I'm interested in applying 
> are...", or does it also mean "the only protocols I care about 
> dissecting are... and the protocols that encapsulate them?"
> 
> If it's the latter, then there's already a mechanism for disabling 
> protocols; we could disable the display of filters for disabled protocols.

I meant the former, but it sounds like the latter would probably work. 
How do I disable protocols?  I'll see if that accomplishes my objective.

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