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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 The Tiny WinPT FAQ.
2 (warning: file is obsolete!)
3
4
5 Version 1.0
6 Last modified May 22, 2006
7 Initial version created 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 4.3 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 A: WinPT can be downloaded from the WinPT.org website or
54 via http://wald.intevation.org (section: Files)
55
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 to this list visit wald.intevation.org (section: Lists).
62
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 encryption engine version 1.4.3 or greater, for Win32.
68
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 in your C:\$USER\TEMP directory. If you can't find the "winpt.log"
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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