[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 270/270] Start reworking on the help.
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/wip/userdocs: 270/270] Start reworking on the help.
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:47:43 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1c808d7c31aa5d12db31467da2d1fe606cb016fe
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Mon Mar 10 16:21:40 2014 +0530
Start reworking on the help.
Review bits and pieces
help/C/introduction.page | 12 +++++-------
help/C/passwords-stored-create.page | 4 ++--
help/C/pgp-create.page | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
help/C/pgp-delete.page | 16 ++++++++--------
4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/introduction.page b/help/C/introduction.page
index a24bdea..ecda37f 100644
--- a/help/C/introduction.page
+++ b/help/C/introduction.page
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
- <desc><app>Passwords and Keys</app> helps you to create and manage PGP and
- SSH keys. You can also use it to save passwords that are difficult to
- remember.</desc>
+ <desc>Use <app>Passwords and Keys</app> to create and manage PGP and SSH
+ keys and to save passwords that are difficult to remember.</desc>
</info>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -38,10 +37,9 @@
<list>
<item>
- <p>Copy and <link xref="passwords-stored-create">save</link>
- passwords that are difficult to remember. You can also
- <link xref="keyring-create">create keyrings</link> to group
- related passwords.</p>
+ <p>Copy and <link xref="passwords-stored-create">save</link> passwords
+ that are difficult to remember. To group related passwords,
+ <link xref="keyring-create">create keyrings</link></p>
</item>
<item>
<p><link xref="pgp-create">Create</link> and
diff --git a/help/C/passwords-stored-create.page b/help/C/passwords-stored-create.page
index 521453d..a490ddb 100644
--- a/help/C/passwords-stored-create.page
+++ b/help/C/passwords-stored-create.page
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
<title>Store your passwords</title>
<p><app>Passwords and Keys</app> automatically stores passwords for certain
- GNOME applications in the <gui>Login</gui> keyring. You can also manually
- store other passwords that you wish to remember.</p>
+ GNOME applications in the <gui>Login</gui> keyring. Additionally, you can
+ store any other password you want to remember.</p>
<steps>
<title>To create a new stored password:</title>
diff --git a/help/C/pgp-create.page b/help/C/pgp-create.page
index f6767a1..76b920c 100644
--- a/help/C/pgp-create.page
+++ b/help/C/pgp-create.page
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
- <desc>Create GnuPG keys for encrypting and signing emails.</desc>
+ <desc>Create and use GnuPG keys for encrypting and signing emails.</desc>
</info>
- <title>Create a new PGP key</title>
+ <title>Create PGP keys</title>
+
+ <p>To make a new PGP key:</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -40,9 +42,8 @@
<p>Enter your full name in the <gui>Full Name</gui> field.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Optionally, add your email address and a comment to describe the key.
- Your date of birth, the purpose of creating the key, etc. make for good
- descriptions.</p>
+ <p>Optionally, add your email address and a comment to describe the
+ key.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Press <gui>Create</gui>.</p>
@@ -78,24 +79,23 @@
<title>Key type</title>
<p>Depending on your needs, create keys that can be used for signing only
or for both encryption and signing. The RSA and DSA-Elgamal algorithms
- generate equally secure keys. Similarly, your sign-only key can be either
- RSA or DSA.</p>
+ generate equally secure keys.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Key Strength</title>
<p>The key strength is measured in terms of the size of the key in bits.
It is difficult and more time consuming to break a strong key, but strong
- keys also slow down the encryption and signing process. You should choose
+ keys will slow down the encryption and signing process. You should choose
your key strength in <app>Passwords and Keys</app> depending on how long
you want to use the key. A small key is sufficient for short term use
- while a large key will remain secure for a long period of time.</p>
+ while a large key is more suitable for long term use.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Expiration Date</title>
- <p>When a key expires, it can no longer be used to sign or encrypt. In
- <app>Passwords and Keys</app>, you can either set your key to
- <gui style="checkbox">Never Expire</gui>, or select an expiration date
- and time for it.</p>
+ <p>When a key <link xref="pgp-expired">expires</link>, you can no longer
+ use it to sign or encrypt. In <app>Passwords and Keys</app>, you can
+ either set your key to <gui style="checkbox">Never Expire</gui>, or
+ select an expiration date and time for it.</p>
</item>
</terms>
diff --git a/help/C/pgp-delete.page b/help/C/pgp-delete.page
index 2121111..5eef790 100644
--- a/help/C/pgp-delete.page
+++ b/help/C/pgp-delete.page
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
<p>If you are no longer communicating with someone, you can delete the copy
of their GnuPG key on your computer using <app>Passwords and Keys</app>. You
- can also permanently delete a key you own, provided it has never been
+ can also permanently delete a key you own as long it has never been
published on a key server. Deleting a GnuPG key deletes both the public key
and the secret key.</p>
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@
<note style="important">
<p>When you delete a GnuPG key that has been published on a key server, you
only delete the secret key in the GnuPG keypair because a copy of the
- public key will still be present on some key server. This means that
- someone can <link xref="pgp-retrieve-remote">retrieve</link> the public key
- from a key server and use it to encrypt messages to you but you will not be
- able to decrypt those messages with the corresponding secret key. To
- prevent the published key from being used, retrieve it and revoke it. The
- revoked key can then be <link xref="pgp-sync">synced</link> with a key
- server to prevent people from retrieving and using it.</p>
+ public key will still be present on some key server. This means that your
+ public key can still be <link xref="pgp-retrieve-remote">retrieved</link>
+ from a key server and used to encrypt messages to you, even though the
+ secret key has been deleted. To prevent such a key from being used,
+ retrieve and revoke it. The revoked key can then be
+ <link xref="pgp-sync">synced</link> with a key server to prevent people
+ from retrieving and using it.</p>
<!-- or when you <link xref="misc-key-revoke">revoke</link> it.- No
revoking feature yet for SSH keys/PGP master keys-->
</note>
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