Conversation filters

[mmann78 () netscape net]

I wanted to add a "conversation filter" for a dissector.   I followed the "GUI independent" API of 
register_dissector_filter() and successfully added my filter under the Analyze -> Conversation Filter menu item.  
However, I noticed a "different" conversation filter menu when right-clicking on a specific packet.  Cursory glance 
says that the right-click menu is hardcoded to Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP, and PN-CBA.

Shouldn't they all be combined to use the "GUI independent" API?  Based on how the Profinet conversation filters are 
split between the menus, it seems like they may have had different intentions.

Can anyone provide the historical information of how this evolved?  And what the significance is to the "color" submenu 
items (GTK) are in the "hardcoded menu"? (It would be easier to just remove the "color" submenu items to tie into the 
existing register_dissector_filter() API if its not really providing value)

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