Noob question: clarify exactly what the FFS category icons mean?

[colgate2004]

Hi all,
I'm getting used to using FFS and love its simplicity, but there unfortunately appears to be a bit of a basic hole in the documentation of the program. I've looked high and low, on both of the SourceForge FFS pages, and can't find a bit of very basic information!

There are five icons that denote the five different categories of files. Hopefully the image below will work:


Of those five, I'm pretty sure that:

1 is when a file exists in the directory on the left but does not exist in the directory on the right
2 is when some file (which one?!) is newer than the other
3 is ???
4 is when some file (which one?!) is newer than the other
5 is when a file exists in the directory on the right but does not exist in the directory on the left

Again, I've looked through the all the support documentation I can find, and cannot find exactly what these icons mean! It's probably because the developer thought it was so obvious that he didn't need to spell it out, but I guess I'm dense enough I need it spelled out. :-P

[blues12]

Do you have tooltips disabled in your Windows settings?

Normally, when you hover the mouse over the icons, you are told what they mean - the easiest and most effective help I can imagine, much quicker than having to peruse the manual.
2-left side is newer
4-right side is newer

[colgate2004]

Hi Stefan,
Thanks for responding! I don't have tooltips disabled, and when I hover over the action icons (the arrows to copy left or right or trash can to delete, etc.) I get the tool tip, but I don't get anything when I hover over the category icons above, and even though I've looked through the manual, I can't find the explanation for those five anywhere!

In any case, thank you for clarifying #2 and #4.
What is #3? Is that some sort of file conflict?

Thank you!

(and if I have overlooked some documentation somewhere that describes these icons, someone please show me!)

[blues12]

3 = items that cannot be categorized
Relates to everything not covered by the other 4 buttons, such as:
- same date, same size, but different attributes (read-only etc..)
- same date, but different size

By choosing an action for this category 3, you may set up a rule to
- always copy into a certain direction (L or L)
- or leave the conflict as is, so the items will stick out from the rest, alerting you of what's going on.