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Document the "-o" flag, the fact that the "Preferences" dialog box has 

pages for various protocol preferences, and the existence of the global
and personal preferences files.

We still need to document the values that can be put in the preferences
file.

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@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ S<[ B<-i> interface ]>
S<[ B<-k> ]>
S<[ B<-m> font ]>
S<[ B<-n> ]>
S<[ B<-o> preference setting ] ...>
S<[ B<-P> packet list height ]>
S<[ B<-Q> ]>
S<[ B<-r> infile ]>
@ -123,6 +124,14 @@ Sets the name of the font used by B<Ethereal> for most text.
Disables network object name resolution (such as hostname, TCP and UDP port
names).
=item -o
Sets a preference value, overriding the default value and any value read
from a preference file. The argument to the flag is a string of the
form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the
preference (which is the same name that would appear in the preference
file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set.
=item -P
Sets the initial height of the packet list (top) pane.
@ -458,6 +467,11 @@ until you press the space bar. If the selection bar has a "select"
behavior, the arrow keys will move the selection bar and change
the selection to the new item in the packet list or protocol tree.
=item Protocol Preferences
There are also pages for various protocols that Ethereal dissects,
controlling the way Ethereal handles those protocols.
=back
=item Filters
@ -762,6 +776,26 @@ type of the field is also given.
=head1 FILES
F</usr/local/etc/ethereal.conf> and F<$HOME/.ethereal/preferences>
contain system-wide and personal preference settings, respectively. The
file contains preference settings of the form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>,
one per line, where I<prefname> is the name of the preference (which is
the same name that would appear in the preference file), and I<value> is
the value to which it should be set; white space is allowed between B<:>
and I<value>. A preference setting can be continued on subsequent lines
by indenting the continuation lines with white space. A B<#> character
starts a comment that runs to the end of the line.
The system-wide preference file is read first, if it exists, overriding
B<Ethereal>'s default values; the personal preferences file is then
read, if it exists, overriding default values and values read from the
system-wide preference file.
Note that whenever the preferences are saved by using the I<Save> button
in the I<Edit:Preferences> dialog box, F<$HOME/.ethereal/preferences>
will be overwritten with the new settings, destroying any comments that
were in the file.
F</etc/ethers> is consulted to correlate 6-byte hardware addresses to
names. If an address is not found in F</etc/ethers>, the
F<$HOME/.ethereal/ethers> file is consulted next. Each line contains

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@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ S<[ B<-F> file format ]>
S<[ B<-h> ]>
S<[ B<-i> interface ]>
S<[ B<-n> ]>
S<[ B<-o> preference setting ] ...>
S<[ B<-r> infile ]>
S<[ B<-R> filter expression ]>
S<[ B<-s> snaplen ]>
@ -133,6 +134,14 @@ interfaces, B<Tethereal> reports an error and doesn't start the capture.
Disables network object name resolution (such as hostname, TCP and UDP port
names).
=item -o
Sets a preference value, overriding the default value and any value read
from a preference file. The argument to the flag is a string of the
form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the
preference (which is the same name that would appear in the preference
file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set.
=item -r
Reads packet data from I<file>.
@ -380,6 +389,21 @@ type of the field is also given.
=head1 FILES
F</usr/local/etc/ethereal.conf> and F<$HOME/.ethereal/preferences>
contain system-wide and personal preference settings, respectively. The
file contains preference settings of the form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>,
one per line, where I<prefname> is the name of the preference (which is
the same name that would appear in the preference file), and I<value> is
the value to which it should be set; white space is allowed between B<:>
and I<value>. A preference setting can be continued on subsequent lines
by indenting the continuation lines with white space. A B<#> character
starts a comment that runs to the end of the line.
The system-wide preference file is read first, if it exists, overriding
B<Tethereal>'s default values; the personal preferences file is then
read, if it exists, overriding default values and values read from the
system-wide preference file.
F</etc/ethers> is consulted to correlate 6-byte hardware addresses to
names. If an address is not found in F</etc/ethers>, the
F<$HOME/.ethereal/ethers> file is consulted next. Each line contains