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From: wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guy Harris
Sent: den 1 oktober 2010 02:30
To: Developer support list for Wireshark
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] GUIManger in menus.c
On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Jeff Morriss wrote:
>> Anders Broman wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> When using GUIManager for the main menu bar, it blows up loading a file.
>>> Could some one take a look
>>> and help me figure out what's wrong? The recent file stuff is also
>>> broken - probably related.
>>
>> It's bailing out here:
>>
>> ERROR:column-utils.c:1175:col_set_cls_time: code should not be reached
>>
>> That means timestamp_set_type() has not been called.
>>
>> When we're not using GUIManager, that function is called (during
>> startup) in timestamp_format_cb().
>>
>> That function is not called during startup when using GUIManager...
>> Hmmm, actually it's not being called at all.
>
>It's called in:
>
> change_configuration_profile() (after reading the "recent" file, it's set to the value from that file)
>
>
> main(), if "-t" is specified;
>
> reftime_answered_cb() (if you answer "yes" to "Do you want to switch to "Seconds Since Beginning of Capture" now?")
>
> timestamp_format_cb() (when you explicitly set it through the GUI)
>
>change_configuration_profile() is called only in profile_select() and select_profile_cb(), when you choose a
>profile.
>
>The reason why it doesn't start out as TS_RELATIVE in Wireshark is, to quote the comment:
>
> so that "recent" in gtk/menu.c can detect this and distinguish it from a command line value
>
>That refers to menu_recent_read_finished(), which sets recent.gui_time_format to the current time stamp value if >it's not TS_NOT_SET, i.e., if it was set on the command line, that setting overrides whatever is in the recent
>file.
>
>Is there some reason not to read the recent file *before* parsing the command-line arguments, so that we can
>just have the time stamp format initialized to TS_RELATIVE, override it from the recent file, and then possibly >override *that* from the command line?
I have checked in some changes to menus.c, - earlier read of prefs is still a good idea -
It still crashes, but I don't get a decent indication of where - help?
Best regards
Anders
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