Help tab
In one line: the manual that ships inside the app — no internet needed.
The last tab, labelled simply ?, is a scrolling text page covering the same ground as this wiki in condensed form. It is worth knowing about because it works offline and is always in sync with the version you are actually running.
The help text in 🎮 Retro mode — green console type over a drifting starfield, with Sir Clive wandering past.
- Introduction — where the project came from: em00k's HDFM-GOOEY, Jari Komppa's NextSync, and how the two became one Python app with the Sync4 extension on top.
- Keyboard shortcuts — the explorer and gallery-viewer keys, the same list as in the User Manual.
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Third-party licences — PySide6/Qt,
pygame-ce,itch-dl, Flask,Send2Trash, PyInstaller and UPX, with what each one is used for and whether it needs installing separately. - Setup & how-to — links to the video walkthroughs.
- hdfmonkey — what it is, why it's required, and how to install it on each platform.
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NextSync — the protocol, the dot command, the IP/port setup, and
syncignore.txt/syncpoint.dat. - OpenAL (Windows sound for CSpect) and Mono (needed on Linux/macOS).
- Third-party content sources — the legal position on GetIt, ZXDB and zxArt.
The one control on the page turns the help text into an 8-bit console: an
animated starfield with green Consolas text, scrollable so you can still read
the whole thing. It needs the optional pygame-ce package, and the button is
greyed out with an install hint without it. Click 🖼 Switch to 'Classic' view
mode to go back.
| Question | Best source |
|---|---|
| How do I install this? | Installation |
| What does this tab do? | User Manual |
| Something broke |
zx-next-unite.log, next to the app |
| Something crashed hard | Turn on crash logging in Settings, reproduce, then attach zx-next-unite-crash.log
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| Report a bug | GitHub issues |
- Setup & how-to: https://youtu.be/-gUxV4fM1yo
- NextSync v4 — the new
.sync4command explained: https://youtu.be/pKchUZhNHKE - Demo / show time: https://youtu.be/0qsIU01zsoM
- Emulator integration: https://youtube.com/shorts/hPmV5shvBfo
See also: User Manual · Home for licensing and the full legal disclaimer.