From c97555220bbddd86b41569b6b99c135754f121f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulf Lamping Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 04:57:10 +0000 Subject: update to changes done in the menu svn path=/trunk/; revision=14548 --- doc/ethereal.pod | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod index 738dea81a7..8321d56117 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod @@ -621,6 +621,20 @@ a list of file formats in which at particular capture, or the packets currently displayed from that capture, can be saved), a file format in which to save it. +=item File:File Set:List Files + +Show a dialog box that list all files of the file set matching the currently +loaded file. A file set is a compound of files resulting from a capture using +the "multiple files" / "ringbuffer" mode, recognizable by the filename pattern, +e.g.: Filename_00001_20050604101530.pcap. + +=item File:File Set:Next File + +=item File:File Set:Previous File + +If the currently loaded file is part of a file set (see above), open the +next / previous file in that set. + =item File:Export Export captured data into an external format. Note: the data cannot be @@ -721,19 +735,22 @@ Show or hide the main window controls. Show or hide the main window panes. -=item View:Colorize Packet List +=item View:Time Display Format -Enable or disable the coloring rules. Disabling will improve performance. +Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the packet list window. -=item View:Time Display Format +=item View:Name Resolution:Resolve Name -Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the packet list window -to relative, absolute, absolute date and time, or delta. +Try to resolve a name for the currently seleted item. -=item View:Name Resolution +=item View:Name Resolution:Enable for ... Layer Enable or disable translation of addresses to names in the display. +=item View:Colorize Packet List + +Enable or disable the coloring rules. Disabling will improve performance. + =item View:Auto Scroll in Live Capture Enable or disable the automatic scrolling of the @@ -749,19 +766,19 @@ Zoom into / out of the main window data (by changing the font size). Reset the zoom factor of zoom in / zoom out back to normal font size. -=item View:Resize Columns +=item View:Resize All Columns -Resize the columns to best fit the current packet display. +Resize all columns to best fit the current packet display. -=item View:Collapse All +=item View:Expand Subtrees -=item View:Expand All +Expands the currently selected item and it's subtrees in the packet details. -Collapse / Expand all branches of the packet details. +=item View:Expand All -=item View:Expand Tree +=item View:Collapse All -Expands the currently selected item in the packet details. +Expand / Collapse all branches of the packet details. =item View:Coloring Rules @@ -836,25 +853,36 @@ that packet number has been put into the packet details. Go to the first / last packet in the capture. +=item Capture:Interfaces + +Shows a dialog box with all currently known interfaces and displaying the +current network traffic amount. Capture sessions can be started from here. +Beware: keeping this box open results in high system load! + +=item Capture:Options + +Initiate a live packet capture (see L +dialog below). If no filename is specified, a temporary file will be created +to hold the capture. The location of the file can be chosen by setting your +TMPDIR environment variable before starting B. Otherwise, the +default TMPDIR location is system-dependent, but is likely either F +or F. + =item Capture:Start -Initiate a live packet capture (see L dialog below). A -temporary file will be created to hold the capture. The location of the -file can be chosen by setting your TMPDIR environment variable before -starting B. Otherwise, the default TMPDIR location is -system-dependent, but is likely either F or F. +Start a live packet capture with the previously seleted options. This won't +open the options dialog box, and can be convenient for repeatingly capturing +with the same options. =item Capture:Stop -In a capture that updates the packet display as packets arrive (so that -Ethereal responds to user input other than pressing the "Stop" button in -the capture packet statistics dialog box), stop the capture. +Stop a running live capture. -=item Capture:Interfaces +=item Capture:Restart -Shows a dialogs box with all currently known interfaces and displaying the -current network traffic amount. Capture sessions can be started from here. -Beware: keeping this box open results in high system load! +While a live capture is running, stop it and restart with the same options +again. This can be convenient to remove unrelevant packets, if no valuable +packets were captured so far. =item Capture:Capture Filters -- cgit v1.2.1