[seahorse/mallard-help: 131/473] Updated help:key-delete.page



commit ddd29ac932f6f62103d971acad85b11c027fa710
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date:   Mon Jun 24 23:29:21 2013 +0530

    Updated help:key-delete.page
    
    Explained how to delete a key.
    Added notes on how only local copies are removed, on deletion.

 help/C/key-delete.page |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-delete.page b/help/C/key-delete.page
index 957ef96..f9079fe 100644
--- a/help/C/key-delete.page
+++ b/help/C/key-delete.page
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
       id="key-delete">
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="index#revoke-keys"/>
+
     <revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-24" status="draft"/>
 
-    <credit type="author">
-      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
-      <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+      <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
     </credit>
 
     <desc></desc>
@@ -15,18 +17,41 @@
 
   <title>Delete an existing key</title>
 
-  <comment>
-    <cite date="2011-10-23" href="mailto:jwcampbell gmail com">Jim Campbell</cite>
-    <p>This assumes the reader knows how to.... By the end of this page,
-    the reader will be able to....</p>
-  </comment>
-
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>If you are no longer communicating with someone, you can delete the copy
+  of their key on your computer using <app>Passwords and Keys</app>. You can
+  also permanently delete a key, provided it has never been published on a
+  <link xref="key-servers-what-are-they">key server</link>.</p>
 
   <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+    <title>To delete a key:</title>
+      <item>
+        <p>Select the key.</p>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <p>Right click, and choose <gui>Delete</gui>.</p>
+        <note style="tip">
+          <p>You can also select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
+         <gui style="menuitem">Delete</gui></guiseq> to delete the key.</p>
+        </note>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <p>In the new dialog that opens up, confirm the deletion by checking
+       the
+       <gui style="checkbox">I understand that this secret key will be permanently deleted</gui>
+       checkbox, and click the
+       <gui style="button">Delete</gui> button to finish.</p>
+      </item>
   </steps>
 
+  <note style="important">
+    <p>When you delete a key that has been published on a key-server, you
+    delete only the local copy of the key on your computer. Copies of the
+    deleted key can still be retrieved from a key server and used to encrypt
+    messages to you. You can also
+    <link xref="keys-import-export#import">import</link> the deleted key from a
+    key server if you wish to restore it. Such a key can be permanently deleted
+    only when it <link xref="key-expiration-setting">expires</link> or when you
+    <link xref="key-disabling">revoke</link> it.</p>
+  </note>
+
 </page>


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