Customizing Surround SCM
You can customize Surround SCM to help you work more efficiently. You can customize the interface to display information most important to you, configure options to control how Surround SCM works, and create email notifications to stay informed about changes.
Interface
You can perform the following tasks to customize the interface and get quick access to information and actions you use most frequently.
- Customize the Source Tree window to add, rearrange, and remove columns, sort columns to organize displayed files, and hide or show panes.
- Customize toolbars to add or remove buttons for commonly used actions and change how buttons are displayed.
- Changing the user interface mode to display windows in a single parent window or as individual windows.
- Configure default settings for Surround SCM dialog boxes to set the options that are enabled or disabled by default in file action dialog boxes, such as Get Files, Add Files, Check Out Files, Check In Files, and more.
- Customize shortcut menus to add, rearrange, or remove actions.
User options
You can perform the following tasks to set your preferences for using Surround SCM.
User options apply only to the current user account logged in to the computer. Some user options may be disabled, which indicates they are set on the server and cannot be changed.
- Configure general user options to specify how to connect to the server, set the text file end-of-line format, change the option for comparing files before updating their status, view HTML reports in an external browser, and more.
- Set Source Tree options to control information displayed in the Source Tree window and the default double-click and drag-and-drop actions. You can also specify information displayed when you mouse over a file.
- Select applications for diffing and merging files and configure settings for specific file types.
- Select applications for viewing and editing files and configure settings for specific file types.
- Set Surround SCM as the default source control provider for third-party applications and enable integration plug-ins.
- Configure the Linux file manager used to open working directories from Surround SCM.
- Set proxy server options to specify which server to use if your organization uses proxy servers for remote clients.
- Add directories and check status for plug-ins used for custom menus and menu items.
Email notifications
You can set up email notifications to be notified when files change. This helps you stay informed about the changes you are most interested in.