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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] [PATCH] Conversation in README.developer

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From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:36:59 +0100 (CET)
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Jon Ringle wrote:

> On Wednesday 23 March 2005 05:18, Jaap Keuter wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Somewhere between 0.10.9 and 0.10.10 the conversation stuff changed
> > forcing me to modify my plugin code. But since even
> > trunk/doc/README.developer doesn't tell how and why to use the frame_num
> > parameter it's a shot in the dark. Anyone willing to upgrade the API docs?
>
> Here is the thread for this commit:
> http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200501/msg00408.html

Right, that's it.

> Attached is a patch to document the change to README.developer
>
> Does this documentation address your question?

These additions shed some light on the issue. Maybe you could add a remark
that the frame number usually boils down to pinfo->fd->num, as is the case
in 99% of the code patch.

Thanx,
Jaap