Configurations
SmartSynchronize has different types of configuration: preferences, view settings and directory compare settings. View settings define how the editors of the current file compare or file merge window should compare or display something. Directory compare settings define how the directory compare of the current window should perform the comparison and what files or directories should be ignored. Preferences apply to the whole applications and contain default view settings as well as default directory compare settings. Preferences you usually have to configure one time, but view settings might be changed for different viewed file types and directory compare settings for different directory compares.
Preferences
On macOS you can open the preferences dialog from the application menu. On other operating systems, you can open it from the Welcome dialog or with the Edit|Preferences menu item from the File Compare, Directory Compare and File Merge windows.
Text Editors
On the Font tab you can define the font which should be used in the compare and merge text editors. Note, that only fixed-size fonts can be choosen.
On the Colors tab you can define the foreground and background colors which should be used in the compare and merge text editors.
On the Editor tab you can customize the behaviour of different keyboard commands.
After clicking OK these changes will be applied to all open compare or merge windows.
Directory Compare Defaults
On this card you can define the defaults which are used for new directory compares. Please refer to the Directory Compare Settings for detailed description.
Accelerators
Use this card to customize the accelerators of the compare and merge windows. Double click the menu item row, press the key combination and click the Assign button. To remove an assigned accelerator, e.g. because you want to reuse it for a different menu item of the same window, click the Clear button. To get the original accelerator, click the Reset button.
Check for Update
Select the option “Automatically check for available updates” if SmartSynchronize should check daily for new SmartSynchronize updates on the syntevo.com-website.
View Settings
Depending on the window, the view settings can be changed with different menu items. Use the menu item View|Settings in the File Compare and File Merge windows. Use the menu item Preview|Settings in the Directory Compare window.
On the General card, you can define the tab size, whether whitespaces or line numbers should be shown. On the Compare card, define whether changes in whitespace should be ignored, whether and how to detect inner-line changes. Select the option Store as default to remember the settings as default for new opened windows.