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<!-- $Id: EUG_preface.xml 11618 2004-08-06 21:06:27Z jmayer $ -->
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<preface id="Preface">
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<title>Preface</title>
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<section id="PreForeword">
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<title>Foreword</title>
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<para>
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Frequently people new to Ethereal development are asking questions
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about how to implement new features to Ethereal. This book tries to give
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you a guide to start your own experiments into the wonderful world of
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Ethereal development.
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</para>
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<para>
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We hope that you find it useful, and look forward to your comments.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="PreAudience">
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<title>Who should read this document?</title>
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<para>
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The intended audience of this book is anyone going into the development of
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Ethereal.
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</para>
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<para>
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This book is not intended to explain the usage of Ethereal in general.
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Please refer to the "Ethereal User's Guide" about Ethereal usage.
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</para>
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<para>
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By reading this book, you will learn how to develop Ethereal. It will
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hopefully guide you around some common problems that frequently appears for
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new (and sometimes even advanced) developers of Ethereal.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="PreAck">
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<title>Acknowledgements</title>
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<para>
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The authors would like to thank the whole Ethereal team for their
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assistance. In particular, the authors would like to thank:
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<para>
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Gerald Combs, for initiating the Ethereal project.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Guy Harris, for many helpful hints and a great deal of patience
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in reviewing this document.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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The authors would also like to thank the following people for their
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helpful feedback on this document:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>XXX - We hopefully might get some feedback in the future :-)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="PreAbout">
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<title>About this document</title>
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<para>
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This book was developed by
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<ulink url="mailto:&AuthorEmail;">Ulf Lamping</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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It is written in DocBook/XML.
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</para>
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<para>
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You will find some specially marked parts in this book:
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</para>
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<warning><title>This is a warning!</title>
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<para>
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You should pay attention to a warning, as otherwise data loss might occur.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<note><title>This is a note!</title>
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<para>
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A note will point you to common mistakes and things that might not be
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obvious.
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</para>
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</note>
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<tip><title>This is a tip!</title>
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Tips will be helpful for your everyday work using Ethereal.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</section>
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<section id="PreDownload">
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<title>Where to get the latest copy of this document?</title>
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<para>
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The latest copy of this documentation can always be found at:
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<!-- <ulink url="&LatestVersionWebsite;">&LatestVersionWebsite;</ulink>;
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and at: -->
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<ulink url="&EtherealWebSite;/docs/developer-guide/"/>.
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</para>
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<!-- <para>
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In addition, you can find a PDF version of the guide at:
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<ulink url="&LatestVersionPDFWebsiteA4;">
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&LatestVersionPDFWebsiteA4;
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</ulink>
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in A4 and
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<ulink url="&LatestVersionPDFWebsiteUSLetter;">
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&LatestVersionPDFWebsiteUSLetter
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</ulink>
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in US Letter.
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</para> -->
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</section>
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<section id="PreFeedback">
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<title>Providing feedback about this document</title>
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<para>
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Should you have any feedback about this document, please send them
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to the authors through <ulink url="mailto:&EtherealDevMailList;">&EtherealDevMailList;</ulink>.
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</para>
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</section>
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</preface>
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