Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [PATCH] New menu items to copy packet data

From: "Douglas Pratley" <Douglas.pratley@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:14:24 -0000
Ok, I've attached the text as well.

I must have done something odd with tar and gzip (you can probably tell
that I'm more familiar with Windows than UNIX tools). Will be more
cautious next time...

Cheers

Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Fisher
Sent: 30 January 2007 19:28
To: Developer support list for Wireshark
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [PATCH] New menu items to copy packet data

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 10:04:20AM -0000, Douglas Pratley wrote:

> Try this - the tar / gzip tools I have on Windows seem to be a bit 
> tempermental, which is why I have been avoiding them, but if Outlook 
> is going to mangle the files...

I got the images but not the patch this time ;).  The documentation 
patch file is just a tar of the images again.  Go ahead and send the 
documentation patch within an e-mail's body.


Thanks,
  Steve


Index: docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml
===================================================================
--- docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml	(revision 20523)
+++ docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.xml	(working copy)
@@ -166,7 +166,87 @@
 		<entry></entry>
 		<entry></entry>
 	      </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Summary (Text)</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the summary fields as displayed to the clipboard,
as tab-separated text.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Summary (CSV)</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the summary fields as displayed to the clipboard,
as comma-separated text.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Hex and Text</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard in hexdump-like
format; similar to the Packet Bytes Pane 
+		"Copy/ All Information" command.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Text Only</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as ASCII text;
similar to the Packet Bytes Pane 
+		"Copy/ Text Only" command.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Hex Columns</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard in hexdump-like
format, but without the text portion.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Hex Stream</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as an
unpunctuated list of hex digits.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Base64 Stream</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as a Base64
text encoding.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Binary Stream</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as raw binary.
The data is stored in the
+		  clipboard as MIME-type
"application/octect-stream".</para>
+		<para>This option is not available in versions of
Wireshark built using GTK+ 1.x.</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
 	      <row>
+		<entry>-----</entry>
+		<entry></entry>
+		<entry></entry>
+	      </row>
+	      <row>
 		<entry><command>Decode As...</command></entry>
 		<entry>Analyze</entry>
 		<entry>
@@ -225,21 +305,6 @@
 	    </thead>
 	    <tbody>
 	      <row>
-		<entry><command>Copy</command></entry>
-		<entry>-</entry>
-		<entry>
-	    <para>
-	      Copy the displayed text of the selected field to the
system 
-		  clipboard. 
-	    </para>
-		</entry>
-	      </row>
-	      <row>
-		<entry>-----</entry>
-		<entry></entry>
-		<entry></entry>
-	      </row>
-	      <row>
 		<entry><command>Expand Subtrees</command></entry>
 		<entry>View</entry>
 		<entry>
@@ -275,6 +340,79 @@
 		<entry></entry>
 	      </row>
 	      <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+	    <para>
+	      Copy the displayed text of the selected field to the
system 
+		  clipboard. 
+	    </para>
+		</entry>
+	      </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy Selected Bytes As/ Hex and
Text</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the selected packet bytes to the clipboard in
hexdump-like format; similar to the Packet Bytes Pane 
+		"Copy/ All Information" command, but copies only the
bytes relevant to the selected part of the tree (the bytes selected
+		in the Packet Bytes Pane).
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy Selected Bytes As/ Text
Only</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the selected packet bytes to the clipboard as
ASCII text; similar to the Packet Bytes Pane 
+		"Copy/ Text Only" command, but copies only the bytes
relevant to the selected part of the tree.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy Selected Bytes As/ Hex
Columns</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the selected packet bytes to the clipboard in
hexdump-like format, but without the text portion.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy Selected Bytes As/ Hex
Stream</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the selected packet bytes to the clipboard as an
unpunctuated list of hex digits.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy Selected Bytes As/ Base64
Stream</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the selected packet bytes to the clipboard as a
Base64 text encoding.
+		</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+		<entry><command>Copy Selected Bytes As/ Binary
Stream</command></entry>
+		<entry>-</entry>
+		<entry>
+		<para>
+		  Copy the selected packet bytes to the clipboard as raw
binary. The data is stored in the
+		  clipboard as MIME-type
"application/octect-stream".</para>
+		<para>This option is not available in versions of
Wireshark built using GTK+ 1.x.</para>
+		</entry>
+		  </row>
+	      <row>
+		<entry>-----</entry>
+		<entry></entry>
+		<entry></entry>
+	      </row>
+	      <row>
 		<entry><command>Apply as Filter</command></entry>
 		<entry>Analyze</entry>
 		<entry>
@@ -419,22 +557,24 @@
 	    </thead>
 	    <tbody>
 	      <row>
-		<entry><command>Copy/All Information</command></entry>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ All Information</command></entry>
 		<entry>-</entry>
 		<entry>
 	    <para>
-	      Copy the selected (XXX - all?) packet data to the
clipboard 
-		  (XXX - in which format).
+	      Copy the packet data to the clipboard in hexdump format -
as displayed in 
+		  the pane. All the packet data is copied - to copy only
the selected data use the
+		  Packet Details Pane "Copy Selected Bytes" command.
 	    </para>
 		</entry>
 	      </row>
 	      <row>
-		<entry><command>Copy/Text Only</command></entry>
+		<entry><command>Copy/ Text Only</command></entry>
 		<entry>-</entry>
 		<entry>
 	    <para>
-	      Copy the selected packet data to the clipboard 
-		  (XXX - in which format).
+	      Copy the packet data to the clipboard as ASCII text.
Non-printable characters are
+		  replaced with '.'.All the packet data is copied - to
copy only the selected data use the
+		  Packet Details Pane "Copy Selected Bytes" command.
 	    </para>
 		</entry>
 	      </row>




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