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Can I print colored text in the Lua TextWindow?

0	Is it possible to print colored text in the Wireshark Lua `TextWindow`? lua asked 01 Mar '12, 02:29 Rijith 1●4●4●6 accept rate: 0% edited 01 Mar '12, 10:37 multipleinte... 1.3k●15●23●40

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1	No. The `TextWindow` does not expose any functionality to perform text formatting, nor does it simulate a terminal that would accept escape sequences. answered 01 Mar '12, 10:35 multipleinte... 1.3k●15●23●40 accept rate: 12%

GTK supports colorizing specific text in a GtkTextView (the actual type you see in Wireshark), but Wireshark Lua does not expose that feature. You have a few options to choose from:

Submit a feature request at bugs.wireshark.org.
Use LuaAlien to access libgtk (either your own copy or the one used by Wireshark) from Lua
Use wxLua

answered 01 Mar '12, 15:47

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