Minor changes to auto updater

Author: jsiegle

Source/AutoUpdater.cpp

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void LatestVersionCheckerAndUpdater::checkForNewVersion (bool background, MainWi
 //==============================================================================
 void LatestVersionCheckerAndUpdater::run()
 {
-    LOGC("Checking for a new version....");
+    LOGC("Checking for a newer version of the GUI...");
     URL latestVersionURL ("https://api.github.com/repos/open-ephys/plugin-GUI/releases/latest");
 
     std::unique_ptr<InputStream> inStream (latestVersionURL.createInputStream (URL::InputStreamOptions (URL::ParameterHandling::inAddress)
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ void LatestVersionCheckerAndUpdater::run()
     {
         if (! backgroundCheck)
             AlertWindow::showMessageBoxAsync (AlertWindow::InfoIcon,
-                                              "No New Version Available",
-                                              "Your GUI version is up to date.");
+                                              "No Newer Version Available",
+                                              "You are running the latest available version of the Open Ephys GUI.");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class UpdateDialog  : public Component
         titleLabel.setJustificationType (Justification::centred);
         addAndMakeVisible (titleLabel);
 
-        contentLabel.setText ("A new version of Open Ephys GUI is available - would you like to download it?", dontSendNotification);
+        contentLabel.setText ("A newer version of Open Ephys GUI is available - would you like to download it?", dontSendNotification);
         contentLabel.setFont (Font("Fira Sans", "Regular", 16.0f));
         contentLabel.setJustificationType (Justification::topLeft);
         contentLabel.setMinimumHorizontalScale(1.0);

Source/AutoUpdater.h

@@ -29,28 +29,38 @@
 class MainWindow;
 class DownloadThread;
 
+/** 
+	Helper class to check for new versions of the application and download them.
+*/
 class LatestVersionCheckerAndUpdater   : public DeletedAtShutdown,
                                          private Thread
 {
 public:
+
+    /** Constructor */
     LatestVersionCheckerAndUpdater();
+    
+    /** Destructor */
     ~LatestVersionCheckerAndUpdater() override;
 
+    /** Holds information about a file to download */
     struct Asset
     {
         const String name;
         const String url;
         const int size;
     };
 
+    /** Checks for a newer version of the GUI */
     void checkForNewVersion (bool isBackgroundCheck, MainWindow* mw);
 
-    //==============================================================================
     JUCE_DECLARE_SINGLETON_SINGLETHREADED_MINIMAL (LatestVersionCheckerAndUpdater)
 
 private:
-    //==============================================================================
+    
+    /** Download new version in background thread */
     void run() override;
+
     void askUserAboutNewVersion (const String&, const String&, const Asset& asset);
     void askUserForLocationToDownload (const Asset& asset);
     void downloadAndInstall (const Asset& asset, const File& targetFile);

Source/UI/UIComponent.cpp

@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ PopupMenu UIComponent::getMenuForIndex(int menuIndex, const String& menuName)
 	else if (menuIndex == 3)
 	{
 		menu.addCommandItem(commandManager, showHelp);
+		menu.addSeparator();
 		menu.addCommandItem(commandManager, checkForUpdates);
 	}
 
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ void UIComponent::getCommandInfo(CommandID commandID, ApplicationCommandInfo& re
 			break;
 
 		case checkForUpdates:
-			result.setInfo("Check for updates", "Checks if a newer version of the GUI is available", "General", 0);
+			result.setInfo("Check for updates...", "Checks if a newer version of the GUI is available", "General", 0);
 			result.setActive(true);
 			break;