Talk:Gpg

Hi Digiot,

As much as I appreciate your additions to this page, I am sorry to report that I might have to revert back some changes made by you. 'Coz they kindda interrupt the flow of the page.

Linuxlala


 * No problem. The key thing was just making sure there was a link out of the article and getting some of the formatting down. If the rearranging was overboard, sorry. But I would add that it's usually 'good form' to have an introductory paragraph above the table of contents, if the page does have a toc. Digiot 04:48, Apr 5, 2004 (EDT)


 * If the rearranging was overboard, sorry.
 * You don't have to say that man. I really appreciate the kind of hard work you have put into this wiki. So now, the page has a table of content. Do you mean to have an introductory para above it? If so, then kindly do the needful as I am at a loss of knowledge at how to go about doing this. Linuxlala


 * Thanks. :) You might not like this, either, but it can be reverted and something else could be tried. It's just not usual to have the article title also be a header - the ==Gpg== . And if we remove that, leading off with the usage looks odd. So move that down. And then add the intro piece which creates the toc below the first couple of paragraphs. That's one idea. Or you can play with it to try other stuff. This version may break your flow all over again, though. :) Digiot 05:09, Apr 5, 2004 (EDT)


 * Cool. It looks much better now, thank you. NO, this is not interrupting the flow and I might just stick with this :) On a slightly different note, how do you get to type in the time along with your signature? Linuxlala


 * Just add one more tilde. :) Three gets the name and four gets the name and date. I think it's covered in the Wiki markup page. --Yeah, it is, but I'm going to see if I can make it more prominent. ;) Digiot 10:29, Apr 5, 2004 (EDT)


 * Ok. Got it. I tried it as well in the sandbox page.Linuxlala 14:03, Apr 5, 2004 (EDT)

Wow, adding subsections automatically generates a table of conmtent. Awesome.

Linuxlala

This is a great article, but (you heard that coming, didn't you?) it seems to be more on public-key cryptography in general than on GPG specifically. Each section should have examples of how GPG can be used to accomplish that task. --Snags 15:53, Apr 5, 2004 (EDT)


 * Now that I've added usage to one section, does it look like that information interrupts the flow of the sections? Maybe an extra example section at the bottom would be more appropriate. --Snags 22:32, Apr 5, 2004 (EDT)


 * I think it looks fine the way it is :) Thanks for the examples.I will be adding a list of commands to go.--Linuxlala 06:25, Apr 6, 2004 (EDT)

The Manual of Style asks that examples be written in Courier text with a dollar sign ($) before them. --Snags 11:03, Apr 6, 2004 (EDT)


 * Unless a root command is being illustrated - then a hash (#). Digiot 12:48, Apr 6, 2004 (EDT)