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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] master 8d65ccf: Show answers a line at a

From: "Maynard, Chris" <Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 17:21:08 +0000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wireshark-commits [mailto:wireshark-commits-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Wireshark code review
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2019 1:01 AM
> To: wireshark-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Wireshark-commits] master 8d65ccf: Show answers a line at a time,
> after the request frame and time delta.
>
> URL:
> https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=8d65cc
> fee4cb1da05a7e4bae1150ca7f56ce4fb4
> Submitter: "Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> Changed: branch: master
> Repository: wireshark
>
> Commits:
>
> 8d65ccf by Guy Harris (guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx):
>
>     Show answers a line at a time, after the request frame and time delta.
>
>     Long responses are *really* hard to read if you make them one single
>     string item.  Show it a line at a time, as we do with many other
>     text-oriented protocols.
>
>     Change-Id: Ie2e81dabeba728ed34772d7015c52b0b047904e8
>     Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/35544
>     Petri-Dish: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot
>     Reviewed-by: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Actions performed:
>
>     from  0442f7a   UI: Fix compilation with Qt 5.14
>      add  8d65ccf   Show answers a line at a time, after the request frame and
> time delta.
>
>
> Summary of changes:
>  epan/dissectors/packet-whois.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

With this change, it's no longer possible to right-click on the answer, choose "Copy -> Value" and easily obtain the *entire* answer.  Now, you would have to copy each line one at a time to retrieve it.
- Chris

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