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- MAN PAGE corrections from proofreader
Proofreading 'gpg.man' in English --
Proofreading by a native speaker with good grammar skills.
These corrections are based on the ver.1.0.4 'gpg.man'.

Please give this to the documentation editor. I am not on
the lists, but can be reached at <jkane89@softhome.net>.




In 'DESCRIPTION':
"This man page does only list" should read
"This man page only lists "

--symmetric
"Encrypt with symmetric cipher only This" should read
" only. "

--verify-files
"the files to bee verified" should read
" be "

"each anem muts be on separate line." should read
"each name must be on a separate line."


--gen-key
" only used interactive." should read
" interactively. "

"experimental feature which allows to create" should read
" allows you to "


--edit-key // deluid
"an user id." should read
"a user id."

--sign-key
"you secret key." should read
"your secret key."

--lsign-key
"you secret key." should read
"your secret key."

--trusted-key
"still be able to check" should read
"still want the ability to check" or
"still want to be able to check" or
"still want to check"

--export-all
" does also export ... compatible to OpenPGP" should read
" also exports ... compatible with OpenPGP"


--export-secret-keys
" but does export the secret keys. " is ambiguous; try
EITHER " but also exports the secret keys. "
OR " but exports the secret keys instead. "

"security risk. the second form" should read
" The "

"can not be expected to successful import" should read
" successfully "


--fast-import
"the --merge-only options " should read
" option "

--export-ownertrust
"for backup purposes " should read
" purposes. "

--gen-random
"doing, it may remove" should read
"doing; it may remove" (semicolon)

--help
"even it does list not all options." should read
"even though it doesn't list all options."

--default-recipient
"a valid one. n ame must be a non empty. " should read
"a valid one. Name must be non-empty. "


--encrypt-to
"intended for in the options file" should read
"intended for use in the options file"

"may be used together with an own user-id" perhaps
"with your own user-id" ?


--no-tty
"to the TTY if if --batch is used"
:-)

--no-auto-key-retrieve
"allows to keep ... or the ... commands." should read
"allows you to keep ... for the ... commands."

--no-utf8-strings
"These options effects all following arguments." should read
"These options affect all ..."

--command-fd
"the depreciated shared-memory IPC mode" should read
" deprecated "

--force-v3-sigs
"This options forces v3 signatures" should read
"This option ..."

--force-mdc
"always used with the newer cipher" should read
" ciphers "

--ignore-crc-error
"This options will let gpg" should read
"This option ..."

--no-random-seed-file
"to store it's internal random pool" should read
" its "

--list-only
"Currently it does only skip" should read
"Currently it only skips"

--emulate-md-encode-bug
"the way a signature was encode." should read
" encoded. "


In the 'How to specify a user ID' section, remove the line:
"Used to locate the default home directory."


In 'BUGS':
"3our operating system" should read
"your operating system"



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