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2006-05-14  Timo Schulz  <ts@g10code.de>
                                                                                
        * wptKeyCache.cpp (gpg_keycache_update_attr): Parse
        preferred keyserver URL.
        * wptHTTP.cpp (extractHostInfo): Fix segv.
        * wptGPGUtil.cpp (gpg_find_key_subpacket): Ignore default
        gpg.conf.
        * wptKeyserverSearchDlg.cpp (search_hkp_keys): Do not
        assume an existing user id.
        * wptPassphraseCB.cpp (passphrase_cb): Automatic cancel
        if no passphrase is available.

(for complete list of changes, see Src/ChangeLog)

About to release 0.12.1
1 The Tiny WinPT FAQ.
2 (warning: file is obsolete!)
3
4
5 Version 1.0
6 Last modified July 22, 2001
7 Maintained by Rich Wielgosz <rich at richwilgoz.com>
8 -------------------------------------------------
9
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 4.2 Why is "Passphrase Caching" greyed out?
24 4.3 People can't verify my signatures. Why?
25 4.4 I get a "no data" error when trying to decrypt text. How come?
26 4.5 What is "Debug Mode" ?
27 4.6 Why isn't "Current Window" mode working properly for me?
28
29 -----------------
30
31 1. General
32
33 1.1
34 Q: What is WinPT?
35
36 A: WinPT is a "Frontend" which allows access to the Gnu Privacy Guard
37 (GnuPG) encryption engine. WinPT is a Windows application which resides
38 in the System Tray and "mimics" the look and feel of another popular
39 System Tray application. WinPT contains no crypto routines so it may
40 be exported freely to any country in the world.
41
42 WinPT is in essence, a universal plug-in for all email programs because it
43 allows you to cut and paste from any email application, and encrypt the
44 data while it resides in your clipboard. WinPT also has a built-in file
45 browser for the encryption of files on your harddrive. WinPT will also
46 handle all of your key-management and key-server access needs.
47
48
49 2. Information Sources
50
51 2.1
52 Q: Where can I download WinPT?
53
54 A: WinPT can be downloaded from the WinPT.org website or
55 via http://wald.intevation.org (section: Files)
56
57 2.2
58 Q: Where can I get more information?
59
60 A: There is always more info to be had at the WinPT.org website. You can
61 also get more information from the winpt-users mailing list. To subsribe
62 to this list visit wald.intevation.org (section: Lists).
63
64 2.3
65 Q: Does WinPT require anything else to work?
66
67 A: WinPT requires that you have installed the Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG)
68 encryption engine version 1.4.2 or greater, for Win32. (r)
69
70 3. Usage
71
72 3.1
73 Q: How do I use WinPT?
74
75 A: The use of WinPT is VERY straightforward, and it is beyond the scope of
76 this document to detail all of its many features. For more information
77 consult the included manual and see the WinPT DOC page.
78
79 4. Problems and Errors
80
81 4.1
82 Q: WinPT tells me "Couldn't register hotkey" - What does it mean and how
83 can I fix it?
84
85 A: This is because another application has already installed those hotkey
86 definitions. It's also possible that in an NT/Win2K environment you need
87 admin privs to redefine hotkeys. (This we're not entirely sure of, does
88 anyone know if this is true?). You can redefine your hotkeys to something
89 that is available (or more to your liking) by selecting "preferences"
90 from the WinPT menu and changing them there. The default Hotkey
91 definitions are:
92
93 Encrypt Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+E
94 Decrypt/verify Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+D
95 Sign Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+S
96
97 Export to clipboard: CTRL+ALT+X
98 Import from clipboard: CTRL+ALT+I
99
100 Encrypt current window: ALT+SHIFT+E
101 Decrypt/verify current window: ALT+SHIFT+D
102 Sign current window: ALT+SHIFT+S
103
104 Please note that the "Export to clipboard" and "Import from clipboard"
105 hotkeys can not be redefined.
106
107 4.2
108 Q: Why is passphrase caching greyed out in the preferences menu?
109
110 A: It is greyed out because it is not supported yet. Once the GPG
111 (passphrase caching) Agent is ready for use, or when we find another
112 trustworthy caching program, we'll activate it then.
113
114
115 4.3
116 Q: Why are people having trouble verifying my signatures in the email that
117 I send them?
118
119 A: That is very likely because your email is wrapping the text of your
120 signature in a place it isn't supposed to, therein "breaking" your
121 signature. WinPT solves this problem with a "Wordwrap" feature of
122 its own. This breaks the lines BEFORE signing and as a result won't
123 break your signatures. This feature can be found under the PREFERENCES
124 option of the WinPT menu. The biggest useable value to put in that field
125 (from what they tell me) is 76. To disable the feature put in a '0' (zero).
126
127
128
129 4.4
130 Q: I can't decrypt text (error: No Data), but the clipboard is set with
131 valid GPG data.
132
133 A: Check your line endings and for broken lines. The easiest way to do this
134 is to use the 'Edit Clipboard' option in the WinPT menu and look at the
135 text. This used to happen to me quite frequently when I was using the
136 mailer that was built into the Opera web browser (Don't misunderstand,
137 we LOVE Opera). All you need to do it edit the Open-PGP message so that
138 its LAYOUT looks like this:
139
140 -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
141 Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) - WinPT 10.3.0
142 Comment: See http://www.gnupg.org/
143
144 hQIOA5K/4SdC8KCgEAf/ej46PTbHQ7CA8MvtYyTYtivJ4hQ6oo//V2aHsl6/E/HK
145 u81oJzop7QzCvK1CLjzK4hqhlZZYb07s/2n40zBSvy4apGVas6DxfpqoX2SFFlnC
146 5wqvNt8BekM3w9JIKsfGj2x5E/xMe0slJUegiiBkUup0BtzcGJB7Yzpts1FSE/QM
147 wFzJLiyTJ4m5XOMLEvnNS9U3PjWXyzlNWG3RNtyCHCLG/ovV3oGR1H+TCVBOmuft
148 NhfSHau4jKSffjShWWB5pMIxE7ZrHtJT838Ch57VR8oamZbszmtQo+gLg83ip8Er
149 QrpxiTuFLu/l5+0YUDjZN6nYPSNbbGDDdTYSbjF1VwgAxR1er7hw3FysrS0j7yBB
150 ZHiT+O6VZzcXUZMO1UsbZSf5htrS2t6Qf13DAoYahBFJCUWVCRxLprutKRyqy/KZ
151 U2p//gvXfoalDLJZNGwBXXvNodkt3kzzGjT5DxREEYuHPMlrsZ8RABeaEzlTuBDD
152 O6y6Sk0Qc72FJlQO2jP82wCOQTKvxX5QpJmUHVC4er5Hzkd8FNMbMlbGwV9zyvQW
153 PUPyT3llHIuv8FLHyBLr60nmJYBAbA1Wy5vYaGyhRS8NwQQbIR5cVBRDs0f5mv8=
154 =c5uG
155 -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
156
157
158 ...and not like this (or some other similarly mangled way):
159
160
161 -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
162 Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) - WinPT 10.3.0
163 Comment: See http://www.gnupg.org/hQIOA5K/4SdC8KCgEAf/ej46P
164 TbHQ7CA8MvtYyTYtivJ4hQ6oo//V2aHsl6/E/HK u81oJzop7QzCvK1CLjzK4hqhlZZYb07s/2n40zBSvy4apGVas6DxfpqoX2SFFlnC
165 5wqvNt8BekM3w9JIKsfGj2x5E/xMe0slJUegiiBkUup0BtzcGJB7Yzpts1FSE/QM
166 wFzJLiyTJ4m5XOMLEvnNS9U3PjWXyzlNWG3RNtyCHCLG/ovV3oGR1H+TCVBOmuft
167 NhfSHau4jKSffjShWWB5pMIxE7ZrHtJT838Ch57VR8oamZbszmtQo+gLg83ip8Er QrpxiTuFLu/l5+0YUDjZN6nYPSNbbGDDdTYSbjF1VwgAxR1er7hw3FysrS0j7yBB
168 ZHiT+O6VZzcXUZMO1UsbZSf5htrS2t6Qf13DAoYahBFJCUWVCRxLprutKRyqy/KZ
169 U2p//gvXfoalDLJZNGwBXXvNodkt3kzzGjT5DxREEYuHPMlrsZ8RABeaEzlTuBDD
170 O6y6Sk0Qc72FJlQO2jP82wCOQTKvxX5QpJmUHVC4er5Hzkd8FNMbMlbGwV9zyvQW PUPyT3llHIuv8FLHyBLr60nmJYBAbA1Wy5vYaGyhRS8NwQQbIR5cVBRDs0f5mv8=
171 =c5uG
172 -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
173
174
175 It's also important to make sure that there are 5 '-' characters before and
176 after the 'Begin PGP Message', and 'End PGP Message' tags.
177
178
179 4.5
180 Q: What is "Debug Mode"?
181
182 A: Debug Mode is a mode of operation built into WinPT which causes WinPT
183 to output error code to two files on your harddisk. If WinPT crashes,
184 take these debug files, zip them up with a compression utility, and
185 mail them to Timo with a detailed explanation of what happened. One
186 file is in the same directory as your WinPT executable and is called
187 "gpgme.dbg". The other file is called "winpt.log" and can be found
188 in your C:\WINDOWS\TEMP directory. If you can't find the "winpt.log"
189 file don't worry, sometimes it isn't generated, but "gpgme.dbg" is
190 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.
191
192
193 4.6
194 Q: Why isn't "Current Window" mode working properly for me?
195
196 A: Current Window mode works better with the hotkeys, so try using them
197 first. Currently not all window types are supported, so in some cases
198 it might not work at all (we're working on that). If this mode does not
199 work the first time, merely try it again a second time. If it still does
200 not work then the window you're trying to operate on is an unsupported
201 type, and this will be addressed with a future release.
202
203
204 Q: Why in an earlier example does it say there's a version 10.3.0 of WinPT?
205
206 A: Because I'm pulling your leg. :-)
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