[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 1/71] Docs: Modify pgp-publish.page
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/wip/userdocs: 1/71] Docs: Modify pgp-publish.page
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:25:12 +0000 (UTC)
commit bd1133b928014ccd06c7a95eed1d283004d262fc
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Wed Aug 28 23:12:08 2013 +0530
Docs: Modify pgp-publish.page
Add note about key servers in pgp-publish.page and delete the
about-key-servers.page.
Reword note about key servers, by adding information about eky servers
using the internet.
Add a note about needing the internet to publish keys.
Mark page for review.
help/C/pgp-publish.page | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/pgp-publish.page b/help/C/pgp-publish.page
index 7737435..c770554 100644
--- a/help/C/pgp-publish.page
+++ b/help/C/pgp-publish.page
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
<link type="guide" xref="pgp"/>
<revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
- <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-18" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.9" date="2013-06-18" status="review"/>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
@@ -17,36 +17,49 @@
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
- <desc>Make your keys downloadable from key servers.</desc>
+ <desc>Publish your public keys on key servers, or
+ <link xref="misc-key-export">export</link> and mail them to your
+ friends.</desc>
</info>
- <title>Publish your public keys</title>
+ <title>Share your public keys</title>
<p>If you want people to send you encrypted communication, you must share
your <gui>GnuPG keys</gui> with them. To share your key with a selected few
- people, <link xref="misc-key-export">export</link> the desired key and mail
+ people, <link xref="misc-key-export">export</link> it and mail
the resulting keyfile to them. To allow anyone to
<link xref="pgp-retrieve-remote">retrieve</link> and use your public key,
publish it on a key server.</p>
<steps>
- <title>How do I publish my key?</title>
+ <title>How do I publish my key on a key server?</title>
<item>
- <p>Select the PGP key you want to publish.</p>
+ <p>Select <gui>GnuPG keys</gui> from the left side panel.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>From the list, select the <gui>Personal PGP key</gui> you want to
+ publish.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Remote</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Sync and Publish Keys…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Click the <gui style="button">Key Servers</gui> button to see the list
+ <p>Press the <gui style="button">Key Servers</gui> button to see the list
of key servers on which you can publish your public key.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>From the <gui style="group">Publish keys to</gui> menu, select the key
- server that you want to publish your key on.</p>
+ <p>To publish your key on a key server of your choice, select the key
+ server from the <gui>Publish keys to</gui> menu.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Press <gui style="button">Close</gui> to go back to the previous
+ dialog.</p>
</item>
<item>
+ <p>Press <gui style="button">Sync</gui> to finish.</p>
+ </item>
+ <!-- <item>
<p>Tick the
<gui style="checkbox">Automatically retrieve keys from key servers</gui>
checkbox to retrieve any key that is published on the server you have
@@ -54,8 +67,19 @@
<gui style="checkbox">Automatically sync modified keys with key servers</gui>
checkbox to ensure that any modifications to a key on the key server,
like a signature, are updated on your copy of the key too.</p>
- <!--Not sure about this - Aruna 18/08/2013-->
- </item>
+ Not sure about this - Aruna 18/08/2013
+ </item>-->
</steps>
+ <note style="important">
+ <p>You need to be connected to the Internet while publishing your keys.</p>
+ </note>
+
+ <note style="info">
+ <title>What is a keyserver?</title>
+ <p>Key servers are computers that store copies of public encryption keys
+ submitted to them, and share these copies with other key servers through
+ the Internet.</p>
+ </note>
+
</page>
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