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Document the disabled_protos file and the fact that you can save the 

list of disabled protocols.

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@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ not be displayed. For example, disabling TCP will prevent the dissection
and display of TCP, HTTP, SMTP, Telnet, and any other protocol exclusively
dependent on TCP.
The list of protocols can be saved, so that Ethereal will start up with
the protocols in that list disabled.
=item Capture:Start
Initiate a live packet capture (see L<"Capture Options"> below). A
@ -1496,6 +1499,21 @@ in the I<Edit:Preferences> dialog box, your personal preferences file
will be overwritten with the new settings, destroying any comments that
were in the file.
The disabled protocols file, which is F<$HOME/.ethereal/disabled_protos>
on UNIX-compatible systems and F<%APPDATA%\Ethereal\disabled_protos>
(or, if %APPDATA% isn't defined, F<%USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Ethereal\disabled_protos>) on Windows systems, contain a list of
protocols that have been disabled, so that their dissectors are never
called. The file contains protocol names, one per line, where the
protocol name is the same name that would be used in a display filter
for the protocol. A B<#> character starts a comment that runs to the
end of the line.
Note that whenever the disabled protocols list is saved by using the
I<Save> button in the I<Edit:Protocols> dialog box, your disabled
protocols file will be overwritten with the new settings, destroying any
comments that were in the file.
The F<ethers> file, which is found in the F</etc> directory on
UNIX-compatible systems, and in the main installation directory (for
example, F<C:\Program Files\Ethereal>) on Windows systems, is consulted

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@ -831,6 +831,16 @@ 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.
The disabled protocols file, which is F<$HOME/.ethereal/disabled_protos>
on UNIX-compatible systems and F<%APPDATA%\Ethereal\disabled_protos>
(or, if %APPDATA% isn't defined, F<%USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Ethereal\disabled_protos>) on Windows systems, contain a list of
protocols that have been disabled, so that their dissectors are never
called. The file contains protocol names, one per line, where the
protocol name is the same name that would be used in a display filter
for the protocol. A B<#> character starts a comment that runs to the
end of the line.
The F<ethers> file, which is found in the F</etc> directory on
UNIX-compatible systems, and in the main installation directory (for
example, F<C:\Program Files\Ethereal>) on Windows systems, is consulted