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2006-05-23  Timo Schulz  <ts@g10code.de>
                                                                                
        * wptKeyEditDlgs.cpp (do_add_new_userid): Fix re-introduced
        problem.
        (keyedit_main_dlg_proc): Popup menu for the user ID list
        with common commands.
        * wptKeyserverDlg.cpp (keyserver_dlg_proc): Automatically
        disable search for ldap servers.
        Use subkeys.pgp.net by default when no server was selected.
1 twoaday 180 The Tiny WinPT FAQ.
2 twoaday 218 (warning: file is obsolete!)
3 twoaday 180
4    
5     Version 1.0
6 twoaday 218 Last modified May 22, 2006
7     Initial version created by Rich Wielgosz <rich at richwilgoz.com>
8     -----------------------------------------------------------------
9 twoaday 180
10     1. General
11     1.1 What is WinPT?
12    
13     2. Information Sources
14     2.1 Where can I download WinPT?
15     2.2 Where can I get more information about WinPT?
16     2.3 Does WinPT require anything else to work?
17    
18     3. Usage
19     3.1 How do I use WinPT?
20    
21     4. Problem and errors
22     4.1 WinPT wouldn't let me register a hotkey. Why not?
23     4.3 People can't verify my signatures. Why?
24     4.4 I get a "no data" error when trying to decrypt text. How come?
25     4.5 What is "Debug Mode" ?
26     4.6 Why isn't "Current Window" mode working properly for me?
27    
28     -----------------
29    
30     1. General
31    
32     1.1
33     Q: What is WinPT?
34    
35     A: WinPT is a "Frontend" which allows access to the Gnu Privacy Guard
36     (GnuPG) encryption engine. WinPT is a Windows application which resides
37     in the System Tray and "mimics" the look and feel of another popular
38     System Tray application. WinPT contains no crypto routines so it may
39     be exported freely to any country in the world.
40    
41     WinPT is in essence, a universal plug-in for all email programs because it
42     allows you to cut and paste from any email application, and encrypt the
43     data while it resides in your clipboard. WinPT also has a built-in file
44     browser for the encryption of files on your harddrive. WinPT will also
45     handle all of your key-management and key-server access needs.
46    
47    
48     2. Information Sources
49    
50     2.1
51     Q: Where can I download WinPT?
52    
53 twoaday 214 A: WinPT can be downloaded from the WinPT.org website or
54     via http://wald.intevation.org (section: Files)
55 twoaday 180
56     2.2
57     Q: Where can I get more information?
58    
59     A: There is always more info to be had at the WinPT.org website. You can
60     also get more information from the winpt-users mailing list. To subsribe
61 twoaday 214 to this list visit wald.intevation.org (section: Lists).
62 twoaday 180
63     2.3
64     Q: Does WinPT require anything else to work?
65    
66     A: WinPT requires that you have installed the Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG)
67 twoaday 218 encryption engine version 1.4.3 or greater, for Win32.
68 twoaday 180
69     3. Usage
70    
71     3.1
72     Q: How do I use WinPT?
73    
74     A: The use of WinPT is VERY straightforward, and it is beyond the scope of
75     this document to detail all of its many features. For more information
76     consult the included manual and see the WinPT DOC page.
77    
78     4. Problems and Errors
79    
80     4.1
81     Q: WinPT tells me "Couldn't register hotkey" - What does it mean and how
82     can I fix it?
83    
84     A: This is because another application has already installed those hotkey
85     definitions. It's also possible that in an NT/Win2K environment you need
86     admin privs to redefine hotkeys. (This we're not entirely sure of, does
87     anyone know if this is true?). You can redefine your hotkeys to something
88     that is available (or more to your liking) by selecting "preferences"
89     from the WinPT menu and changing them there. The default Hotkey
90     definitions are:
91    
92     Encrypt Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+E
93     Decrypt/verify Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+D
94     Sign Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+S
95    
96     Export to clipboard: CTRL+ALT+X
97     Import from clipboard: CTRL+ALT+I
98    
99     Encrypt current window: ALT+SHIFT+E
100     Decrypt/verify current window: ALT+SHIFT+D
101     Sign current window: ALT+SHIFT+S
102    
103     Please note that the "Export to clipboard" and "Import from clipboard"
104     hotkeys can not be redefined.
105    
106     4.3
107     Q: Why are people having trouble verifying my signatures in the email that
108     I send them?
109    
110     A: That is very likely because your email is wrapping the text of your
111     signature in a place it isn't supposed to, therein "breaking" your
112     signature. WinPT solves this problem with a "Wordwrap" feature of
113     its own. This breaks the lines BEFORE signing and as a result won't
114     break your signatures. This feature can be found under the PREFERENCES
115     option of the WinPT menu. The biggest useable value to put in that field
116     (from what they tell me) is 76. To disable the feature put in a '0' (zero).
117    
118    
119    
120     4.4
121     Q: I can't decrypt text (error: No Data), but the clipboard is set with
122     valid GPG data.
123    
124     A: Check your line endings and for broken lines. The easiest way to do this
125     is to use the 'Edit Clipboard' option in the WinPT menu and look at the
126     text. This used to happen to me quite frequently when I was using the
127     mailer that was built into the Opera web browser (Don't misunderstand,
128     we LOVE Opera). All you need to do it edit the Open-PGP message so that
129     its LAYOUT looks like this:
130    
131     -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
132     Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) - WinPT 10.3.0
133     Comment: See http://www.gnupg.org/
134    
135     hQIOA5K/4SdC8KCgEAf/ej46PTbHQ7CA8MvtYyTYtivJ4hQ6oo//V2aHsl6/E/HK
136     u81oJzop7QzCvK1CLjzK4hqhlZZYb07s/2n40zBSvy4apGVas6DxfpqoX2SFFlnC
137     5wqvNt8BekM3w9JIKsfGj2x5E/xMe0slJUegiiBkUup0BtzcGJB7Yzpts1FSE/QM
138     wFzJLiyTJ4m5XOMLEvnNS9U3PjWXyzlNWG3RNtyCHCLG/ovV3oGR1H+TCVBOmuft
139     NhfSHau4jKSffjShWWB5pMIxE7ZrHtJT838Ch57VR8oamZbszmtQo+gLg83ip8Er
140     QrpxiTuFLu/l5+0YUDjZN6nYPSNbbGDDdTYSbjF1VwgAxR1er7hw3FysrS0j7yBB
141     ZHiT+O6VZzcXUZMO1UsbZSf5htrS2t6Qf13DAoYahBFJCUWVCRxLprutKRyqy/KZ
142     U2p//gvXfoalDLJZNGwBXXvNodkt3kzzGjT5DxREEYuHPMlrsZ8RABeaEzlTuBDD
143     O6y6Sk0Qc72FJlQO2jP82wCOQTKvxX5QpJmUHVC4er5Hzkd8FNMbMlbGwV9zyvQW
144     PUPyT3llHIuv8FLHyBLr60nmJYBAbA1Wy5vYaGyhRS8NwQQbIR5cVBRDs0f5mv8=
145     =c5uG
146     -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
147    
148    
149     ...and not like this (or some other similarly mangled way):
150    
151    
152     -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
153     Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) - WinPT 10.3.0
154     Comment: See http://www.gnupg.org/hQIOA5K/4SdC8KCgEAf/ej46P
155     TbHQ7CA8MvtYyTYtivJ4hQ6oo//V2aHsl6/E/HK u81oJzop7QzCvK1CLjzK4hqhlZZYb07s/2n40zBSvy4apGVas6DxfpqoX2SFFlnC
156     5wqvNt8BekM3w9JIKsfGj2x5E/xMe0slJUegiiBkUup0BtzcGJB7Yzpts1FSE/QM
157     wFzJLiyTJ4m5XOMLEvnNS9U3PjWXyzlNWG3RNtyCHCLG/ovV3oGR1H+TCVBOmuft
158     NhfSHau4jKSffjShWWB5pMIxE7ZrHtJT838Ch57VR8oamZbszmtQo+gLg83ip8Er QrpxiTuFLu/l5+0YUDjZN6nYPSNbbGDDdTYSbjF1VwgAxR1er7hw3FysrS0j7yBB
159     ZHiT+O6VZzcXUZMO1UsbZSf5htrS2t6Qf13DAoYahBFJCUWVCRxLprutKRyqy/KZ
160     U2p//gvXfoalDLJZNGwBXXvNodkt3kzzGjT5DxREEYuHPMlrsZ8RABeaEzlTuBDD
161     O6y6Sk0Qc72FJlQO2jP82wCOQTKvxX5QpJmUHVC4er5Hzkd8FNMbMlbGwV9zyvQW PUPyT3llHIuv8FLHyBLr60nmJYBAbA1Wy5vYaGyhRS8NwQQbIR5cVBRDs0f5mv8=
162     =c5uG
163     -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
164    
165    
166     It's also important to make sure that there are 5 '-' characters before and
167     after the 'Begin PGP Message', and 'End PGP Message' tags.
168    
169    
170     4.5
171     Q: What is "Debug Mode"?
172    
173     A: Debug Mode is a mode of operation built into WinPT which causes WinPT
174     to output error code to two files on your harddisk. If WinPT crashes,
175     take these debug files, zip them up with a compression utility, and
176     mail them to Timo with a detailed explanation of what happened. One
177     file is in the same directory as your WinPT executable and is called
178     "gpgme.dbg". The other file is called "winpt.log" and can be found
179 twoaday 218 in your C:\$USER\TEMP directory. If you can't find the "winpt.log"
180 twoaday 180 file don't worry, sometimes it isn't generated, but "gpgme.dbg" is
181     always generated. To enable debug mode in WinPT use the "--enable-debug" switch on the command line when invoking WinPT. If you've set up WinPT to run from an icon, right-click on the WinPT icon and select "properties," then select the "shortcut" tab and type "--enable-debug" (without quotes) in the end of the "Target" field. Be sure there is a space between the last character of what was originally in that field, and what you add.
182    
183    
184     4.6
185     Q: Why isn't "Current Window" mode working properly for me?
186    
187     A: Current Window mode works better with the hotkeys, so try using them
188     first. Currently not all window types are supported, so in some cases
189     it might not work at all (we're working on that). If this mode does not
190     work the first time, merely try it again a second time. If it still does
191     not work then the window you're trying to operate on is an unsupported
192     type, and this will be addressed with a future release.
193    
194    
195     Q: Why in an earlier example does it say there's a version 10.3.0 of WinPT?
196    
197     A: Because I'm pulling your leg. :-)
198    
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