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 # systrayUpdater
-Simple Qt based system tray icon to notify of available updates and then update
+Simple Qt based system tray icon to notify of available updates and then update on click
+
+Uses config file for options.
+- Terminal command and option (usually `-e`)
+- Timer duration for `checkupdates` to run in backgound
+- Option to use `checkupdates -d` to preload new pkgs to cache
+	(must complete update before installing new pkgs or suffer partial upgrades!!)
+- Custom system tray icon
+
+TODO
+- look into adding option to view news