On 1/28/07, Ulf Lamping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guy Harris wrote: > > Are these all preference settings? > > If so, should this be a preference type? It will be something tied to the pref module, in some cases. In some other cases it will be pointed by a menu item.
> That's the same that comes to my mind. > > While I can see that this is a case for a new preference setting type, > adding a completely new mechanism really seems "over engineered" - > unless there's a real good reason to do so. How you manage a list of 0-N pairs (or triplets or quintuplets or...) of values? Now for snmp and k12 I used a string preference that points to a file (each in its own format) and users have to set the preference and then edit the file. Which another the point you make: > > Another drawback of your solution is to explain things to users - some > settings can be set through the GUI, some other can be set through a > file in, some can be ... - that doesn't sound very clean to me. I plan to write a gui for these tables and the table (or a button to open an editor window) will appear in preference module. -- This information is top security. When you have read it, destroy yourself. -- Marshall McLuhan _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
