[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 170/218] help: Fix pgp-retrieve-remote.page
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/wip/userdocs: 170/218] help: Fix pgp-retrieve-remote.page
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:57:38 +0000 (UTC)
commit 865d12f6be2db23fc8ce4b36191ca4e387257b4f
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Sat Aug 31 00:09:03 2013 +0530
help: Fix pgp-retrieve-remote.page
help/C/pgp-retrieve-remote.page | 60 +++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/pgp-retrieve-remote.page b/help/C/pgp-retrieve-remote.page
index 18da782..9c03753 100644
--- a/help/C/pgp-retrieve-remote.page
+++ b/help/C/pgp-retrieve-remote.page
@@ -17,18 +17,15 @@
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
- <desc>Download public keys of those you communicate with from key
- servers.</desc>
-
+ <desc>If you want to send an urgent encrypted message to someone, but do
+ not have their key, you can retrieve their key from a remote key
+ server.</desc>
</info>
<title>Retrieve remote keys</title>
- <p>You may want to import the <em>public keys</em> of people you frequently
- communicate with to make it easier to encrypt messages to them.
- <app>Passwords and Keys</app> helps you to import a specific key when you
- have certain details about it, like the key ID or the owner's name or email
- address etc.</p>
+ <p>You can retrieve someone's public GnuPG key using the Internet and store
+ it on <app>Passwords and Keys</app>.</p>
<steps>
<title>To retrieve a remote key:</title>
@@ -37,37 +34,32 @@
<gui style="menuitem">Find Remote Keys…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>In the new dialog that opens up, type in any information about the key
- you wish to retrieve, in the text box next to the
- <gui>Search for keys containing</gui> label. Details like key ID, or the
- key owner's email address give more accurate results than the name of the
- key owner.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>You can additionally check which key servers must be searched in order
- to find the key you are interested in by clicking the small <gui>+</gui>
- next to <gui>Where to search</gui> and checking the key servers you are
- interested in. All the key servers are checked, by default.</p>
+ <p>Enter information about the key you wish to retrieve in the field
+ provided. Details like key ID or the key owner's email address give more
+ accurate results than the name of the key owner.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>When you have specified enough information, press the
- <gui style="button">Search</gui> button.</p>
+ <p>Press the <gui style="button">Search</gui> button.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>You will see a list of keys that are relevant search results. To
- verify a key from the list before importing it, select it and press the
- <gui style="button">Properties</gui> button, found at the top.
- Alternatively you can also right click on the key and select
- <gui style="menuitem">Properties</gui>. This opens a dialog that shows
- you all information about the key, like the key ID, key fingerprint,
- level of trust, owner's name, etc.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Once you have verified a key, select it from the list and press the
- <gui style="button">Import</gui> button present at the top to import the
- key into <app>Passwords and keys</app>. Alternatively, you can also right
- click on the key and select <gui style="menuitem">Import</gui>.</p>
+ <p>From the list of search results, select the key of your choice, right
+ click on it and select <gui style="menuitem">Import</gui>. Alternatively,
+ you can also press the <gui style="button">Import</gui> button present at
+ the top of the dialog after selecting the key.</p>
</item>
</steps>
+ <p>The imported key will be listed in the <gui>GnuPG keys</gui> keyring. If
+ you cannot see the key, please select <guiseq><gui>View</gui>
+ <gui>Show any</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>If you want more information about a key, before importing it, select
+ it, and press the properties button found at the top of the dialog.
+ Alternatively you can also right click on the key and select
+ <gui style="menuitem">Properties</gui>. This opens a new window that
+ displays information like the key ID, key fingerprint, level of trust,
+ owner's name, etc.</p>
+ </note>
+
</page>
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