[pim/kleopatra] doc/kwatchgnupg: Update manual of KWatchGnuPG

Ingo Klöcker null at kde.org
Tue Mar 24 13:09:54 GMT 2026


Git commit 8a31b4d2eccb46fec680d284397469505ae92b4e by Ingo Klöcker, on behalf of Ingo Klöcker.
Committed on 24/03/2026 at 13:09.
Pushed by kloecker into branch 'master'.

Update manual of KWatchGnuPG

Remove obsolete section and add short section how to configure logging
of the GnuPG components.

GnuPG-bug-id: 7259

M  +12   -40   doc/kwatchgnupg/index.docbook

https://invent.kde.org/pim/kleopatra/-/commit/8a31b4d2eccb46fec680d284397469505ae92b4e

diff --git a/doc/kwatchgnupg/index.docbook b/doc/kwatchgnupg/index.docbook
index 1df40ee90..ad881214c 100644
--- a/doc/kwatchgnupg/index.docbook
+++ b/doc/kwatchgnupg/index.docbook
@@ -167,50 +167,11 @@ should save them to a file (see above) before clearing.
 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.
+icon.
 </para>
 
 <sect1 id="configure.dialog"><title>Settings Dialog</title>
 
-<sect2 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>
-
-</sect2>
-
 <sect2 id="configure.logwindow"><title>Log Window Settings</title>
 
 <para>
@@ -234,6 +195,17 @@ history manually.
 
 </sect1>
 
+<sect1 id="configure.watchgnupg"><title>&gnupg; Logging Settings</title>
+
+<para>
+Use the settings dialog of &kleopatra; for configuring logging of the
+components of the &gnupg; System. For each component for which you want
+to see logging choose a debugging level and enter <filename>socket://</filename>
+as file the logs should be written to.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
 </chapter>
 
 <chapter id="credits-and-license">


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