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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2002-06-30 12:02:57 +0200
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2002-06-30 12:02:57 +0200
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parent* configure.ac: Link W32 version against libwsock32. (diff)
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* README.W32: Adjusted some descriptions. Fixed the regsitry
entry descriptions.
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--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-06-30 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+ * README.W32: Adjusted some descriptions. Fixed the regsitry
+ entry descriptions.
+
2002-06-21 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
* DETAILS: Document "uat".
diff --git a/doc/README.W32 b/doc/README.W32
index 05e41e3e2..61aa05f0e 100644
--- a/doc/README.W32
+++ b/doc/README.W32
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ questions - but please read the FAQ first.
Installation instructions:
--------------------------
1. Unpack the ZIP archive (alright, you already did this).
- 2. Copy "gpg.exe" to some place where you usually store your
- binaries.
+ 2. Copy "gpg.exe" and "gpgv.exe" to some place where you
+ usually store your binaries.
3. Create a directory "c:\gnupg" (or any other as you like)
4. If you did not use the default directory "c:\gnupg", you
should enter a string with the directory into the Registry
under the key:
- \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\GnuPG\HomeDir
- Please use forward slashes and not the backslashes when
- setting filenames for GnuPG into the Registry.
+ HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> GNU -> GnuPG
+ (you probably need to create the keys GNU and GnuPG) and insert a
+ new string under the name "HomeDir" with the value of the default
+ directory you want to use. Please use forward slashes and not the
+ backslashes when setting filenames for GnuPG into the Registry.
5. Enter "gpg" and see what happens
6. Read the file README and the online HOWTOs
@@ -26,9 +28,12 @@ Internationalization support:
-----------------------------
1. Decide where to store the translation files for your language.
Here we assume the directory "c:/gnu/locale/fr"
- 2. Set the directory with the translations into the Registry under the key:
- \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mingw32\NLS\MODir
- (Example entry: "c:/gnu/locale/fr")
+
+ 2. Set the directory with the translations into the Registry under
+ the key:
+ HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Control Panel -> Mingw32 -> NLS
+ (you probably need to create the keys Mingw32 and NLS) using a string
+ entry with the name "MoDir".
3. Select which language to use and copy the currect translation file
under the name "gnupg.mo" into the directory set in step 2
(Example: "copy fr.mo c:\gnu\locale\fr\gnupg.mo")
@@ -53,11 +58,11 @@ offer to get the source delivered to you See the file COPYING (section
If you got this package from its canonical place (ftp.gnupg.org), the
source is available at:
- ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.0.n.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.2.n.tar.gz
-or for snapshots (with a letter appended to the version number)
+or for development snapshots
- ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/devel/gnupg-1.0.nx.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/gnupg/gnupg-1.x.n.tar.gz
this is the same source as for the Unix version. If your binary
version of GnuPG is called something like gnupg-w32-1.0.4-1.zip, you
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ After you have installed this environment you should be able to do this:
$ mingw32 strip g10/gpg.exe
$ cp g10/gpg.exe /some_windows_drive/
-And everything hopefully works.
+And everything hopefully works.
Don't forget that MS-Windows ist just a temporary workaround until