3.8. Make changes to the Wireshark sources
As the Wireshark developers are working on many different platforms, a lot of
editors are used to develop Wireshark (emacs, vi, Microsoft Visual Studio
and many many others). There's no "standard" or "default" development
environment.
There are several reasons why you might want to change the Wireshark
sources:
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add your own new dissector
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change/extend an existing dissector
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fix a bug
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implement a new glorious feature :-)
The internal structure of the Wireshark sources will be described in
Part II, “Wireshark Development (incomplete)”.
![[Tip]](wsdg_graphics/tip.png)
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Tip! |
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Ask the developer mailing list before you really start a new
development task.
If you have an idea what you want to add/change, it's a good idea to
contact the developer mailing list
(see Section 1.7.5, “Mailing Lists”)
and explain your idea. Someone else might already be working on the same
topic, so double effort can be reduced, or someone can give you some tips that
should be thought about (like side effects that are sometimes very
hard to see).
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