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<bookinfo>
<title>The &kwatchgnupg; Handbook</title>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Marc</firstname>
<othername></othername>
<surname>Mutz</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>[email protected]</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>

<othercredit role="developer">
<firstname>Steffen</firstname>
<surname>Hansen</surname>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address><email>[email protected]</email></address>
</affiliation>
</othercredit>

<othercredit role="developer">
<firstname>David</firstname>
<surname>Faure</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>[email protected]</email></address>
</affiliation>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
</othercredit>

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<legalnotice>&GPLNotice;</legalnotice>

<date>2004-05-09</date>
<releaseinfo>1.0</releaseinfo>

<abstract>
<para>
&kwatchgnupg; is a simple &gnupg; log viewer.
</para>
</abstract>


<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>Kapp</keyword>
<keyword>gpg</keyword>
<keyword>gpgsm</keyword>
<keyword>GnuPG</keyword>
<keyword>Log viewer</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> 

<para>&kwatchgnupg; is simple &gnupg; log viewer for the upcoming
&gnupg; versions 1.4 and 2.0. It works as a <acronym>GUI</acronym>
wrapper around the command line tool &watchgnupg;, which listens on a
socket for log lines from the &gnupg; backend applications. See
<userinput>info watchgnupg</userinput> for more information about
&watchgnupg;.</para>

<para>&kwatchgnupg; can be started from the
<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu></menuchoice> menu of both
<application>Kleopatra</application> and
<application>KMail</application>, as well as from the command
line. The &kwatchgnupg; executable is named
<userinput>kwatchgnupg</userinput>.
</para>

</chapter>

<chapter id="mainfunc"><title>Main Functions</title>

<sect1 id="mainfunc.viewing"><title>Viewing the Log</title>

<para>
&kwatchgnupg;'s main function is of course to present the &gnupg;
debugging and logging information to the user. The main window is
divided into a large text viewing area, where &gnupg; messages will
appear as they are generated, a toolbar giving quick access to the most
often needed functions, as well as the obligatory menu bar.
</para>

<para>
Each line in the text view is normally prefixed with a
<acronym>FD</acronym> identifier and a time stamp in ISO format. The
<acronym>FD</acronym> identifier can be used to distinguish between
output from different &gnupg; instances running in parallel. Following
the timestamp is the name of the component that is the source of the
log line, together with some internal information in sqare brackets,
followed by the original debugging or log output as printed by the
component.
</para>

<para>
By default, the number of log lines that are kept in the history is
limited to 1000 lines. You can configure the history size in the
configuration dialog.
</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="mainfunc.saving">
<title>Saving the Contents of the Log Window to a File</title>

<para>
Sometimes it might be convenient to save the current log window
contents to a file, e.g. to mail it to the developers as part of a bug
report. There are two ways to achieve this in &kwatchgnupg;:
</para>

<para>
First, you can choose
<menuchoice><guilabel>File</guilabel><guimenuitem>Save
As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> (or the corresponding toolbar icon)
to save the complete log window contents to a file. You will be
prompted to specify a save file location.
</para>

<para>
Second, you can select the interesting lines with normal left-mouse
selection and paste them into a word processor or mail user agent,
just like any other text. You should make sure, though, that lines are
not broken, since this reduces the readability of the log.
</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="mainfunc.clear"><title>Clearing the Log Window</title>

<para>
For convenience, you can instruct &kwatchgnupg; to clear the log
window using <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear
History</guimenuitem></menuchoice> (or the corresponding toolbar
icon).
</para>

<para>
Use this prior to starting the crypto operation that you want to
monitor to get only the output from that operation. You can then save
the log using <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save
As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> as described above.
</para>

<para>
Clearing the log discards any previous log window contents. If you are
unsure about whether you'll need the current contents afterwards, you
should save them to a file (see above) before clearing.
</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<chapter id="configure"><title>Configuring &kwatchgnupg;</title>

<para>
To configure &kwatchgnupg;, select
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
&kwatchgnupg;</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or the corresponding toolbar
icon. &kwatchgnupg;'s configure dialog is divided into two parts, each
of which will be described below.
</para>

<sect1 id="configure.watchgnupg"><title>&watchgnupg; Settings</title>

<para>
&watchgnupg; is the process that actually monitors the logging socket
for activity and formats the lines as seen in the &kwatchgnupg; text
view. Settings in this group are passed down to the backend using
the &gpgconf; mechanism.
</para>

<para>
<guilabel>Executable</guilabel> contains the path to the &watchgnupg;
application. If &watchgnupg; is in your <varname>$PATH</varname>, you
can keep the default <userinput>watchgnupg</userinput>. If
&watchgnupg; is not in your <varname>$PATH</varname>, or if you have
more than one version installed, enter the absolute filename of the
watchgnupg executable here.
</para>

<para>
<guilabel>Socket</guilabel> contains the socket that &watchgnupg;
should listen on. A change here is distributed to all &gnupg; backend
modules using &gpgconf;, so you don't need to change this setting if
your &gnupg; config files have another <varname>log-file</varname>
set.
</para>

<para>
<guilabel>Default log level</guilabel> determines the amount of
logging information returned by the backend modules. See the
&watchgnupg; documentation for what level includes which
information. A change here is distributed to all &gnupg; backend
modules using &gpgconf;, so you don't need to change this setting if
your &gnupg; config files have another <varname>log-level</varname>
set.
</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="configure.logwindow"><title>Log Window Settings</title>

<para>
Here, you can configure the size of the history buffer, &ie; the
number of log lines that is kept. If more lines have been emitted by
the &gnupg; backend since the last clearance of the history, then the
oldest lines are discarded until there is enough room for the new
lines again.
</para>

<para>
You can disable the history size limit by clicking <guibutton>Set
Unlimited</guibutton>. Note, however, that &kwatchgnupg;'s memory
consumption will grow with the number of lines it currently
displays. If you use an unlimited history size, then make sure to run
&kwatchgnupg; only for short operations, or regularly clear the
history manually.
</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<chapter id="credits-and-license">
<title>Credits and License</title>

<para>&kwatchgnupg; copyright 2004 Klar&auml;lvdalens Datakonsult AB</para>

<para>Documentation copyright 2004 Klar&auml;lvdalens Datakonsult AB</para>

<itemizedlist>
<title>Contributors</title>
<listitem>
<para>Steffen Hansen <email>[email protected]</email></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Marc Mutz <email>[email protected]</email></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>David Faure <email>[email protected]</email></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

&underGPL;
&underFDL;
</chapter>

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