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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Rev 38350 Capture Options Changes - Named Pipe?

From: Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:49:21 +0200
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:16:55PM +0200, Jakub Zawadzki wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:49:47PM +0200, Michael Tüxen wrote:
> > I was aware of this in the context of the -i arguments, but not that it could be
> > specified in the GUI. We need to find a way to do this. Maybe an button which
> > will add a named pipe to the list of interfaces.
> 
> Can we have it in another window?
> I'd be happy to have different options in capture submenu, like:
>  Capture
>   | - Interface
>   |    | - [X] eth0: ...
>   |    | - [X] wlan0: ...
>   |    | - [ ] ...
>   | - nflog
>   | - Named pipe
>   | - From program (ptrace-based)
>   | - ...
>   | ----------
>   | - Capture options
>   | - Start
>   | - ...

When building with remote capture, then there is a button below the Interface
list. Maybe the remote capture stuff, the interface stuff and the pipe stuff
can be unified by having a drop down button with which to select what to show
inside the area that is the interface list right now?

Ciao
   Joerg
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