-----Original Message-----
From: wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graeme Lunt
Sent: den 18 april 2008 08:50
To: Developer support list for Wireshark
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] New Wireshark welcome page!
>> > One suggestion - how about including the version information
>> > (including a build date)?
>> >
>> No, that's what the about dialog is for. I want to avoid too much
>> information on that page, because it will get more and more confusing
>> and less informative.
>I think it is useful to have this information on the front page as most
users will never actually go and look at the about dialog. If they can
>see that their copy of Wireshark is 12 months out of date when they
start it, they might look for a later version.
I did a quick hack to see what it would look like and I don't think it's
too bad. It would probably look
better if it wasn't in bold(not sure how to do that).
Regards
Anders
Index: gtk/main_welcome.c
===================================================================
--- gtk/main_welcome.c (revision 25109)
+++ gtk/main_welcome.c (working copy)
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
#include "gtk/help_dlg.h"
#include "gtk/stock_icons.h"
#include "../image/wssplash.xpm"
+#include "../version_info.h"
-
/* XXX */
extern gint if_list_comparator_alph (const void *first_arg, const void
*second_arg);
@@ -172,7 +172,13 @@
if ((now->tm_mon == 3 && now->tm_mday == 1) || (now->tm_mon = 6 &&
now->tm_mday == 14)) {
message = "<span weight=\"bold\" size=\"x-large\">" "Sniffing
the glue that holds the Internet together" "</span>";
} else {
- message = "<span weight=\"bold\" size=\"x-large\">" "The
World's Most Popular Network Protocol Analyzer" "</span>";
+ message = g_strdup_printf(
+ "<span weight=\"bold\" size=\"x-large\">"
+ "The World's Most Popular Network Protocol
Analyzer"
+ "\n"
+ "Version " VERSION "%s"
+ "</span>",wireshark_svnversion);
+
}
w = gtk_label_new(message);
gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(w), message);
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