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                          WinPT - The Windows Privacy Tray
+                         =================================
- Index
+ Bugs and Improvements
-. Note
+ ---------------------
-. Bugs and improvements
-.1 Legacy Windows versions
+ Because of the long phase of inactivity, it is very likely that the
-. What is WinPT?
+ current code has problems with a recent GnuPG and Windows version. You
-. Install
+ can find an (outdated) tracker at <http://wald.intevation.org>.
-.1 Keyserver config file
-. Verify the packet signature
-. Native language support
-. Other documentation
-. Mailing lists
-. Hotkeys for common commands
-. Current window support
-. Word wrapping
-. Default key for signing
-. Commands
-.1 File manager
-.2 Key manager
-.2.1 Edit
-.2.2 UserID
-.2.3 Delete
-.2.4 Sign
-.2.5 Revoke cert
-.2.6 Check sigs
-.3 Keyserver
-.3.1 Keyserver searching
-.3.2 Proxy support
-. Debug mode
-. Features of the dialogs
-. Features of the dialogs
-. Note
- ---------
- This is only a quick guide for WinPT. For the moment the program is its own
- documentation. This is subject to change.
-. Bugs and improvements
- ------------------------
- I have tried to thoroughly test this program, but if you've found a bug,
- please send me a message with a full error description or go directly
- to http://wald.intevation.org and use the WinPT bug tracking system.
  Please include as much detail as possible including OS version, WinPT
- version, and GPG version in use. Please summarize your gpg configuration
+ version, and GPG version in use. Please also summarize your gpg configuration
  and describe any special programs or configurations on your machine.
- I try to fix bugs as quickly as possible and will upload all updates to
+ Update and new releases will be available at:
- http://www.winpt.org
+ <http://wald.intevation.org/projects/winpt>
-.1 Legacy Windows versions
+ Legacy Windows versions
+ -----------------------
- I know a lot of people still user old versions of WinPT but it is very
+ WinPT requires at least Windows XP or higher. Currently, the support
- hard to test the code on all these platforms and thus I decided to
+ for Windows 7 is limited and we do not give any support for Vista.
- obsolete the support for these OS versions: Win95, WinME/98. The code
- works on 98/ME without known limitations but if you will encounter
- a serious problem, I doubt I can fix it without having this OS and
- this is the major problem!
-. What is WinPT?
+ What is WinPT?
- -----------------
+ --------------
  WinPT is a front-end for the GNU Privacy Guard. It just provides
  a convinient interface to GPG while GPG does the actual (cryptographic) work.
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 an universal e-mail plugin. Together wit
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 an universal e-mail plugin. Together wit
  it's like a real graphical GPG user interface.
-. Install
+ Install
- ----------
+ -------
- First you should install the GPG binary, version 1.4.x or later.
+ First you should install the GPG binary, version 1.4.11 or later.
  (If you want to use a directory other than the default you must modify
  the preferences in the WinPT program at Preferences->GPG Preferences).
  Next, download the WinPT binary package from the Internet. You can find the
- latest WinPT version at http://www.winpt.org. Create a directory and
+ latest WinPT version at http://wald.intevation.org/projects/winpt.
- extract all WinPT files from the archive.
+ Create a directory and extract all WinPT files from the archive.
-.1 Keyserver config file
+ Keyserver Config File
- -------------------------
+ ---------------------
  Now the keyserver config is read dynamically. That means there is a file
  which WinPT reads the keyserver from. The name of this file MUST be
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 But it is recommend that you modify the
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 But it is recommend that you modify the
  dialog in WinPT to keep this file consistent.
-. Verify the packet signature
+ Verify the Packet Signature
- ------------------------------
+ ---------------------------
  To verify that the source (or the binary) wasn't changed, you should
  verify the package signature with GnuPG. For the process you will need
  my OpenPGP public key. If you don't have it, please take a look at
- http://www.winpt.org/twoaday.asc
+ http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~twoaday/twoaday.asc or fetch it
+ via a keyserver (I suggest subkeys.pgp.net).
  # gpg --verify winpt-x.x.x-exe.zip.asc
  # gpg --verify winpt-x.x.x-src.zip.asc
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 My key ID is 0xBF3DF9B4: 'Timo Schulz <t
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 My key ID is 0xBF3DF9B4: 'Timo Schulz <t
 x27F36D14: 'Timo Schulz (Laptop Key) <[email protected]>
-. Native language support
+ Native Language Support (NLS)
- --------------------------
+ -----------------------------
  As a new feature WinPT now can handle multiple languages. To activate this
  do the following:
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 do the following:
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 do the following:
  - Now WinPT runs in the language you have selected.
- For the moment, WinPT supports these languages:
+ For an overview what languages are supported take a look at
+ Po/LINGUAS. It contains all actively maintained languages.
-     * German winpt-de.mo
-     * Japanese winpt-jp.mo
  If you are interested in translating WinPT in your native language, please
  let me know :-). It's not much work and you do NOT need to be a developer!
-. Other documentation
+ Other Documentation
- ----------------------
+ -------------------
  For those who are inexperienced with GnuPG it makes sense to download the
  GnuPG guide or a HOWTO. There are many sites for this, but you can start
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 working with GnuPG more effective.
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 working with GnuPG more effective.
  http://www.gnupg.org
  General questions (look first at the topic point), can be sent to one of the
- mailing lists. All GnuPG lists are in English.
+ mailing lists.
  GPG user list [email protected]
  GPG developer list [email protected]
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 At the moment the only available documen
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 At the moment the only available documen
  future releases I will include HTML documentation.
-. Mailing lists
+ Mailing Lists
- ----------------
+ -------------
  If you want to get the latest information, reports, or discussions about
  WinPT you can subscribe to one of the WinPT mailing lists. There is a list
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 the README files and the list archives.
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 the README files and the list archives.
  is already answered there!
-. Hotkey for common commands
+ Hotkey for Common Commands
- -----------------------------
+ --------------------------
  WinPT supports shortcuts, or 'Hotkeys', for the main gpg commands.  These
  keys are registered system wide, so you can use them from any window. If you
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 some of the hotkeys. WinPT will tell you
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 some of the hotkeys. WinPT will tell you
  so it's easier to figure out which hotkey caused the problem.
-. Current window support
+ Current Window Support
- --------------------------
+ ----------------------
  WinPT allows you to use the main operations (sign and encrypt)
  within the current window. This only works if the current window contains
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 Please note, that the mode doesn't work
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 Please note, that the mode doesn't work
  entry. I recommend to use it with the hotkeys until I fix this problem.
-. Word wrapping
+ Word Wrapping
- -----------------
+ -------------
  As a new feature, WinPT can wrap lines at a specific column. You can set
  the value for this feature in the preferences dialog. If you don't want
  to use this feature, you only need to set the value to "0".
-. Default keyid for signing
+ Default keyid for Signing
- ----------------------------
+ -------------------------
  There are two ways to set the default keyid. The best solution is to
  set the "default-key" entry in the GPG options file.
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 key. If no default key was found, WinPT
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 key. If no default key was found, WinPT
  the secret key cache.
-. Commands
+ File Manager
  ------------
-.1 Filemanager
- ----------------
  The filemanager is used to perform GPG operations on files. In further releases
  I'll add more commands. Currently, encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify
  is available. To add a file to the list element, you can use drag & drop
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 fairly stable. It possible that some par
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 fairly stable. It possible that some par
  feel free to mail me about any bugs!
-.2 Keymanager
+ Proxy Support
- ---------------
-.2.1 Edit
- -----------
- Here you access some of the "edit-key" command from the GPG command
- line.
-.2.3 Delete
- -------------
- With it you can delete public keys and/or key pairs.
-.2.4 Sign
- -----------
- This is an interface to sign a public key.
-.2.5 Revoke cert
- ------------------
- Generate a revocation certificate for the chosen key.
-.2.7 Check sigs
- -----------------
- With this command you can check the signatures from a special public key.
-.2.7 Key properties
- ---------------------
- This dialog is an easy way to get an overview about the given key.
- To activate this dialog, you've to double click on a key item in the
- key management dialog. Then a dialog with all related information about
- the selected key will open.
-.3 Keyserver
  --------------
-.3.1 Keyserver searching
- --------------------------
- This new feature works exactly like the normal keyserver support.
- You have to enter the pattern, then chose a keyserver. The command
- is started with the "Search" button. The next dialog contains all
- found keys from the keyserver. If you want, you can import a key
- from this list by select the key and press the "Receive" button.
-.3.2 Proxy support
- --------------------
  If you are not able to connect directly to the internet, you can
  use the proxy settings. To enable proxy support, you need to start
  the keyserver dialog and use the "change" button to set a proxy.
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 also possible that it does *not* work wi
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 also possible that it does *not* work wi
  me if you've problems with your proxy server.
-. Debug mode
+ Debug Mode
- --------------
+ ----------
  To make the detection of bugs and programming mistakes easier, WinPT
  contains a built-in debug mode.
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 large, so do NOT forget to compress it.
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 large, so do NOT forget to compress it.
  After an error has occured, it would be very useful to send this file to me.
  Which file you'll send depends on the occured error. Don't use the debug
  mode for your usual work; it slows down both GPG and WinPT.
-. Features of the dialogs
- ----------------------------
- This sections contains hints about the special features of some dialogs.
- Currently this is only valid for dialog with listview controls.
- o Selection of an entry for the GPG main commands
- If you only want to select one recipient, you can also double click
- the line which the recipient you want to choose. Then the command
- is automatically invoked and you don't need to click the "OK" button.
- o Context menu for the key manager
- Now the keymanager supports a context menu. To activate it, you should
- click with the right mouse button on a selected item.
- o Generic keys known from the Explorer
- For example the key manager supports generic keys like:
- DELETE = secure the selected key.
- o Context menu for the file manager
- This popup menu is similar to the key manager menu.

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