On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 15:41, Guy Harris wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2003, at 1:14 PM, Gilbert Ramirez wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 20:24, Guy Harris wrote: > >> Should we force the verbose flag on when "-T ps" or "-T pdml" is > >> specified? (Actually, does "-T ps" require "-V"? I think we can > >> print > >> summaries in PostScript from Ethereal - if not, that's arguably a > >> bug.) > >> > > > > Verbose flag: I don't know. I chose not to, thinking that unexpected > > behavior is bad; i.e., the use requests one behavior (unknowingly) and > > gets another. It's unimportant to me... if we think -V should be forced > > with -Tpdml, then fine. > > I see "-V" as something that matters only for output that can show > summaries or detail, such as printable text output; it looks as if PDML > is, by definition, detail, so I'd see "-T pdml" as generating the same > output regardless of whether "-V" is specified or not. > > (I could see somebody asking, when they see > > tethereal: Using -Tpdml requires -V > > why, if Tethereal knows that you need "-V", it doesn't just turn it on > for you rather than telling you that you have to specify it.) > >
That makes sense. Okay. I'll make the change. --gilbert _______________________________________________ Ethereal-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ethereal.com/mailman/listinfo/ethereal-dev
