[seahorse/mallard-help] Updated help:key-delete.page
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/mallard-help] Updated help:key-delete.page
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:07:22 +0000 (UTC)
commit ddd29ac932f6f62103d971acad85b11c027fa710
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Mon Jun 24 23:29:21 2013 +0530
Updated help:key-delete.page
Explained how to delete a key.
Added notes on how only local copies are removed, on deletion.
help/C/key-delete.page | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-delete.page b/help/C/key-delete.page
index 957ef96..f9079fe 100644
--- a/help/C/key-delete.page
+++ b/help/C/key-delete.page
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
id="key-delete">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#revoke-keys"/>
+
<revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-24" status="draft"/>
- <credit type="author">
- <name>Jim Campbell</name>
- <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+ <credit type="author copyright">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
</credit>
<desc></desc>
@@ -15,18 +17,41 @@
<title>Delete an existing key</title>
- <comment>
- <cite date="2011-10-23" href="mailto:jwcampbell gmail com">Jim Campbell</cite>
- <p>This assumes the reader knows how to.... By the end of this page,
- the reader will be able to....</p>
- </comment>
-
- <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+ <p>If you are no longer communicating with someone, you can delete the copy
+ of their key on your computer using <app>Passwords and Keys</app>. You can
+ also permanently delete a key, provided it has never been published on a
+ <link xref="key-servers-what-are-they">key server</link>.</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>First step...</p></item>
- <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
- <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+ <title>To delete a key:</title>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select the key.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Right click, and choose <gui>Delete</gui>.</p>
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>You can also select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Delete</gui></guiseq> to delete the key.</p>
+ </note>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>In the new dialog that opens up, confirm the deletion by checking
+ the
+ <gui style="checkbox">I understand that this secret key will be permanently deleted</gui>
+ checkbox, and click the
+ <gui style="button">Delete</gui> button to finish.</p>
+ </item>
</steps>
+ <note style="important">
+ <p>When you delete a key that has been published on a key-server, you
+ delete only the local copy of the key on your computer. Copies of the
+ deleted key can still be retrieved from a key server and used to encrypt
+ messages to you. You can also
+ <link xref="keys-import-export#import">import</link> the deleted key from a
+ key server if you wish to restore it. Such a key can be permanently deleted
+ only when it <link xref="key-expiration-setting">expires</link> or when you
+ <link xref="key-disabling">revoke</link> it.</p>
+ </note>
+
</page>
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