[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 44/420] Edited key-subkeys.page



commit 3f5bcbe94388d13a71dcaa6ea60703333125f353
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date:   Tue Jul 2 17:56:20 2013 +0530

    Edited key-subkeys.page
    
    Turned page into a landing page.

 help/C/key-subkeys.page |   91 ++++-------------------------------------------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-subkeys.page b/help/C/key-subkeys.page
index 3bab67d..e234deb 100644
--- a/help/C/key-subkeys.page
+++ b/help/C/key-subkeys.page
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
-      type="topic" style="task"
+      type="guide" style="task"
       id="key-subkeys">
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="learn-about-keys" group="second"/>
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
   <p>Though it is very important to keep your keys safe, it can become quite
   tedious to do so when you have many keys. <app>Passwords and Keys</app>
-  provides a simple solution to key safety by using special keys called
-  <em>subkeys</em> for signing and encryption.</p>
+  provides a simple solution to key safety by using <em>subkeys</em> for
+  signing and encryption.</p>
 
-  <p>Whenever you create a new public encryption key, a <em>key pair</em> is
+  <p>Whenever you create a new public encryption key, a <em>keypair</em> is
   generated instead of a single key. This keypair consists of a main key, also
   called the <em>master key</em>, which can only sign, and a <em>subkey</em>
   for encryption and decryption. Additional subkeys can be created for signing.
@@ -47,84 +47,7 @@
       </item>
   </list>
 
-<section id ="check">
-  <title>Examine your keypair</title>
-
-  <p>You can check the contents of a keypair to see the properties of a
-  subkey.</p>
-
-  <steps>
-    <title>To see all the <em>subkeys</em> in a keypair:</title>
-      <item>
-       <p>Select the <em>GnuPG keypair</em> of your choice from the list.</p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <p>Right click on the key chosen in the previous step and select
-       <guiseq><gui>Properties</gui><gui>Details</gui></guiseq>.</p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <p>If the <gui>Subkeys</gui> section is not expanded, expand
-       it.</p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <p>Out of the two keys listed, the first one is your master key and
-       all the other keys that follow it are your subkeys.</p>
-       <note style="bug">
-         <p>This is a bug. When you create a new public cryptography key and
-         check the <gui>Subkeys</gui> section, you will see two subkeys listed
-         even though only one is created by default.  This is because
-         <app>Passwords and Keys</app> lists all the keys in the keypair in
-         the <gui>Subkeys</gui> section instead of listing only the subkeys.
-         So, the master key is also listed under <gui>Subkeys</gui> even
-         though it is not one.</p>
-       </note>
-      </item>
-  </steps>
-
-  <note style="info">
-    <p><app>Passwords and Keys</app> stores your keypairs under
-    <gui>GnnuPG Keys</gui> if you have enabled the
-    <guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui>
-    <gui style="menuitem">By Keyring</gui></guiseq> option. While signing, you
-    only need to select the keypair, <app>Passwords and Keys</app>
-    automatically chooses the master key for signing.</p>
- </note>
-
-</section>
-
-<section id="add">
-  <title>Add extra <em>subkeys</em></title>
-
-  <p>You can have additional subkeys for the same master key. You have to
-  choose the right subkey each time you want to encrypt or sign when you do
-  this.</p>
-
-  <steps>
-    <title>To add extra subkeys:</title>
-      <item>
-        <p>Select the <em>GnuPG keypair</em> of your choice from the list.</p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <p>Right click on the key chosen in the previous step and select
-       <guiseq><gui>Properties</gui><gui>Details</gui></guiseq>.</p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <p>If the <gui>Subkeys</gui> section is not expanded, expand it.</p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <p>Click the <gui style="button">Add</gui>button to add a new subkey.</p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <p>Choose the right properties for your key by selecting the
-       appropriate <gui>Key Type</gui>, <gui>Key Length</gui> and
-       <gui>Expiration Date</gui> and click <gui style="button">OK</gui>.</p>
-       <note style="info">
-         <p>Always ensure that your subkey does not expire after your master
-         key since a subkey is useless when its master key has expired.</p>
-       </note>
-      </item>
-  </steps>
-
-</section>
-
+  <section id="more" style="2column">
+    <title>More about subkeys</title>
+  </section>
 </page>


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