From 94b84ca199ade85cf221e5ffad82d1977827382c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulf Lamping Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 13:49:01 +0000 Subject: some beautifying and bring the links to live, so the html manpage will jump correctly to it's link targets svn path=/trunk/; revision=10959 --- doc/ethereal.pod | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod index e1c8e885d8..41c15379da 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod @@ -575,7 +575,11 @@ SIP packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 . =over 4 -=item File:Open, File:Open Recent, File:Close +=item File:Open + +=item File:Open Recent + +=item File:Close Open or close a capture file. The I dialog box allows a filter to be specified; when the capture file is read, the @@ -583,7 +587,9 @@ filter is applied to all packets read from the file, and packets not matching the filter are discarded. The I is a submenu and will show a list of previously opened files. -=item File:Save, File:Save As +=item File:Save + +=item File:Save As Save the current capture, or the packets currently displayed from that capture, to a file. Check boxes let you select whether to save all @@ -630,15 +636,11 @@ case insensitive. =item Edit:Find Next -Search forward, starting with the currently selected packet -(or the most recently selected packet, if no packet is selected), for a -packet matching the filter from the previous search. - =item Edit:Find Previous -Search backward, starting with the currently selected packet (or the -most recently selected packet, if no packet is selected), for a packet -matching the filter from the previous search. +Search forward / backward for a packet matching the filter from the previous +search, starting with the currently selected packet (or the most recently +selected packet, if no packet is selected). =item Edit:Time Reference:Set Time Reference @@ -658,32 +660,28 @@ be reset at every Time Reference packet. =item Edit:Time Reference:Find Next -Find the next time referenced packet. - =item Edit:Time Reference:Find Previous -Find the previously time referenced packet. +Search forward / backward for a time referenced packet. =item Edit:Mark Packet Mark (or unmark if currently marked) the selected packet. The field "frame.marked" is set for packets that are marked, so that, for example, a display filters can be used to display only marked packets, and so that -the L menu item can be used to find the next or previous +the L dialog can be used to find the next or previous marked packet. =item Edit:Mark All Packets -Mark all packets that are currently displayed. - =item Edit:Unmark All Packets -Unmark all packets that are currently displayed. +Mark / Unmark all packets that are currently displayed. =item Edit:Preferences Set the packet printing, column display, TCP stream coloring, and GUI -options (see L<"Preferences"> below). +options (see L dialog below). =item View:Main Toolbar @@ -717,11 +715,9 @@ packet list while a live capture is in progress. =item View:Zoom In -Zoom into the main window data. - =item View:Zoom Out -Zoom out of the main window data. +Zoom into / out of the main window data (by changing the font size). =item View:Normal Size @@ -729,17 +725,15 @@ Reset the zoom factor of zoom in / zoom out back to normal font size. =item View:Collapse All -Collapse all branches of the packet details. - =item View:Expand All -Expands all branches of the packet details. +Collapse / Expand all branches of the packet details. =item View:Expand Tree Expands the currently selected item in the packet details. -=item Edit:Coloring Rules +=item View:Coloring Rules Change the foreground and background colors of the packet information in the list of packets, based upon display filters. The list of display @@ -793,15 +787,13 @@ that packet number has been put into the packet details. =item Go:First Packet -Go to the first packet in the capture. - =item Go:Last Packet -Go to the last packet in the capture. +Go to the first / last packet in the capture. =item Capture:Start -Initiate a live packet capture (see L<"Capture Options"> below). A +Initiate a live packet capture (see L dialog below). A temporary file will be created to hold the capture. The location of the file can be chosen by setting your TMPDIR environment variable before starting B. Otherwise, the default TMPDIR location is @@ -1214,7 +1206,7 @@ List of supported protocols and display filter protocol fields. =item Help:About Ethereal -See various information about Ethereal (see I<"About"> below), like the +See various information about Ethereal (see L dialog below), like the version, the folders used, the available plugins, ... =back -- cgit v1.2.3