On 02/04/2011 01:12 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > Many might nor know that > there is a help feature for every input field:
Indeed, i had no idea that this was the case. Thanks for the tip.
> but many more users are using a GUI for key generation and thus it is up
> to the GUI to preset the comment field. For example GPA uses in
> non-advanced mode a wizard dialog for key generation and that one does
> not ask for comment.
Yep, fixing the GUIs is a separate task, and i agree it's a worthwhile
one. I'll take it up with the GUIs i encounter.
> I don't have any strong feelings about this, however, here is my own
> proposal:
>
> GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key.
>
> Real name: ddddd
> Email address: dddd@dddd
> You selected this USER-ID:
> "ddddd <dddd@dddd>"
>
> Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? c
> Comment: test key
> You selected this USER-ID:
> "ddddd (test key) <dddd@dddd>"
>
> Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? q
This change in behavior sounds reasonable to me.
> No expert option and no translation changes required,
Some translation changes might still be worth doing; I would like to see
the example User ID lose the comment (including "(Der Dichter)" in an
english prompt is not helpful), and i think the wording should also be
adjusted, since the User ID does not identify the key -- it identifies
the user. But i'll happily pursue translation changes as a separate
topic if we can do away with the Comment prompt by default.
> The drawback is as with the --expert option:
> we will receive bug reports like "I can't enter a comment anymore" ;-).
i'm sure that's true :( We can point them at this discussion, though.
Regards,
--dkg
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