Add Help Pop-over to certain entries

[erikvanoosten]

Thanks! This is a great application!

Some texts in the preferences do not fully explain what they do. In particular in the 'Launcher' pane:

Launch Syncthing, should I tick this? I already have it set up as documented with launchctl. What happens when I turn it on? What happens when I turn it off again?

Shutdown on Exit, what will shutdown on exit of what? My system? The tray app? What if I also have the launchctl config?

Launch iNotify: what is iNotify and what can it do for me?

[aaronhurt]

Most of these things are self explanatory or can be with a bit of googling.

"Launch Synching" does just what it says ... if checked and configured it launches synching when the tray app starts. If you already have systemctl or launchctl or upstart etc... configured to start synching then you don't need or want to have this enabled.

"Shutdown on Exit" exits synching when the tray application exits.

"Launch iNotify" starts the syncthing-inotify application if installed when you enable and configure this option. Read more about syncthing-inotify by checking out it's project page: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-inotify

[erikvanoosten]

"Launch Synching" does just what it says ... if checked and configured it launches synching when the tray app starts. If you already have systemctl or launchctl or upstart etc... configured to start synching then you don't need or want to have this enabled.

"Shutdown on Exit" exits synching when the tray application exits.

Neat. Could you add a text saying: "If you already have systemctl, launchctl or upstart etc. configured to start synching then don't enable these."?

"Launch iNotify" starts the syncthing-inotify application if installed when you enable and configure this option. Read more about syncthing-inotify by checking out it's project page: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-inotify

Nice. Didn't know about this one. Could you add a text saying: "See syncthing-inotify (https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-inotify) for more information."?

[sieren]

I'll see if I can add help-texts to the UI in a meaningful way. Might seem useful, I sort of was under assumption that users who know how to configure (or even what it is) various start-up daemons may be aware, but I guess I was wrong :)