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BUG in gpa - MUST everytime save private key to harddisk to export it
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I see it as a serious BUG, that one have to save the keybundle to harddisk, to get it in another PGP-Programm or just to copy it anywhere. I miss the option "copy to clipboard", also I think only "copy" for choosed key in the key list is not clear what is meant by this.

I suggest the following changes in the gpa interface to get a round solution:

On the contextmenu, when right click on a key bundle, and the menu entry:

  • Copy private key to Clipboard || Copy Private
  • Copy public key to Clipboard || Copy Public
  • Copy Keybundle to Clipboard || Copy Keybundle

..
..

  • Export private key to File
  • Export private key to File
  • Backup Keybundle to File

This would be a consistent solution, as of the moment, one have to save the keys to harddisc and cannot export to clipboard. This is unnessesary.

Greets

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Version
0.9.10

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rGPA Gnu Privacy Assistant
rGPAf8d64d13a15a Add context menu to copy a private key to the clipboard.

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aspiargue created this task.Jul 2 2018, 11:56 AM
aspiargue updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 2 2018, 11:59 AM
• werner triaged this task as Normal priority.Jul 2 2018, 8:46 PM
• werner edited projects, added Feature Request; removed Bug Report.
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I am not sure what you mean by “keybundle”. Is is a single keyblock or a selection of multiple keyblocks?

aspiargue added a comment.Jul 7 2018, 10:40 AM

Sorry, I meant the key pair (thought bundle) of private and public key.

May be it woul be best, in the context menu and the menu to add two, only two upper entrys:

  • Clipboard ->
    • Copy private key to Clipboard || Copy Private
    • Copy public key to Clipboard || Copy Public
    • Copy key pair to Clipboard || Copy Key Pair
  • File operations ->
    • Export private key to File
    • Export public key to File
    • Export/Backup key pair to File

For better structure.

• werner added a commit: rGPAf8d64d13a15a: Add context menu to copy a private key to the clipboard..Oct 15 2018, 9:14 PM
• werner closed this task as Resolved.Oct 15 2018, 9:15 PM
• werner claimed this task.

The "Copy" menu item already copies public keys to the clipboard.
I now added a private key key copy option to the context menu.

A "keybundle" is useless because a private key included the public key.