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4 @settitle EasyPG Assistant
7 @c @documentlanguage en
9 @dircategory GNU Emacs Lisp
11 * EasyPG Assistant: (epa). EasyPG Assistant
15 This file describes EasyPG Assistant.
17 Copyright (C) 2007 Daiki Ueno.
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30 @title EasyPG Assistant
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36 Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Daiki Ueno.
38 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
39 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
40 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
41 Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
42 Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
43 Free Documentation License".
50 @top EasyPG Assistant user's manual
52 This manual covers EasyPG version @value{VERSION}.
63 EasyPG is an all-in-one GnuPG (@pxref{Top, , Top, gnupg, Using the GNU
64 Privacy Guard}) interface for Emacs. It has two aspects: convenient
65 tools which allow to use GnuPG from Emacs (EasyPG Assistant), and a
66 fully functional interface library to GnuPG (EasyPG Library). This
67 manual describes EasyPG Assistant specifically.
69 The EasyPG Assistant provides the following features.
72 @item Keyring browser.
73 @item Cryptographic operations on regions.
74 @item Cryptographic operations on files.
75 @item Dired integration.
76 @item Encryption/decryption of *.gpg files.
82 To install, just follow the standard CMMI installation instructions.
89 Then, add the following line to your @file{~/.emacs}
95 That's all. Restart emacs and type @kbd{M-x epa- TAB}, and you will see a
96 lot of commands available. For example,
99 @item To browse your keyring, type @kbd{M-x epa-list-keys}
101 @item To create a cleartext signature of the region, type @kbd{M-x epa-sign-region}
104 You can also do some cryptographic operations from dired.
109 : e (or M-x epa-dired-do-encrypt)
110 (select recipients by 'm' and click [OK])
118 * Cryptographic operations on regions::
119 * Cryptographic operations on files::
120 * Dired integration::
121 * Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files::
124 @node Keyring browser
125 @section Keyring browser
126 Probably the first step of using EasyPG Assistant is to browse your
127 keyring. @kbd{M-x epa-list-keys} is corresponding to @samp{gpg
128 --list-keys} from the command line.
130 @deffn Command epa-list-keys name mode
131 Show all keys matched with @var{name} from the keyring.
132 If @var{mode} is non-nil, it reads the private keyring. Otherwise, it
133 reads the public keyring.
136 The output looks as follows.
139 u A5B6B2D4B15813FE Daiki Ueno <ueno@@unixuser.org>
142 A character on the leftmost column indicates the trust level of the
143 key. If it is @samp{u}, the key is marked as ultimately trusted. The
144 second column is the key ID, and the rest is the user ID.
146 You can move over entries by @kbd{TAB}. If you type @kbd{RET} or
147 clicked button1 on an entry, you will see more detailed information
148 about the key you selected.
151 u Daiki Ueno <ueno@@unixuser.org>
152 u A5B6B2D4B15813FE 1024bits DSA
155 Capabilities: sign certify
156 Fingerprint: 8003 7CD0 0F1A 9400 03CA 50AA A5B6 B2D4 B158 13FE
157 u 4447461B2A9BEA2D 2048bits ELGAMAL_E
160 Capabilities: encrypt
161 Fingerprint: 9003 D76B 73B7 4A8A E588 10AF 4447 461B 2A9B EA2D
164 In the @samp{*Keys*} buffer, several commands are available. The
165 common use case is to export some keys to a file. To do that, type
166 @kbd{m} to select keys, type @kbd{o}, and then supply the filename.
168 @node Cryptographic operations on regions
169 @section Cryptographic operations on regions
171 @deffn Command epa-decrypt-region start end
172 Decrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. It
173 replaces the region with the decrypted plaintext.
176 @deffn Command epa-decrypt-armor-in-region start end
177 Decrypt OpenPGP armors in the current region between @var{start} and
178 @var{end}. The difference from epa-decrypt-region is that
179 epa-decrypt-armor-in-region searches ASCII armors in the region and
180 applies epa-decrypt-region to each of them. That is, this command
181 does not alter the original text around ASCII armors.
184 @deffn Command epa-verify-region start end
185 Verify the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. It sends
186 the verification result to the minibuffer.
189 @deffn Command epa-verify-cleartext-in-region
190 Verify OpenPGP cleartext signed messages in the current region between
191 @var{start} and @var{end}. The difference from epa-verify-region is
192 that epa-verify-cleartext-in-region searches OpenPGP cleartext
193 segments in the region and applies epa-verify-region to each of them.
194 That is, this command does not alter the original text around OpenPGP
198 @node Cryptographic operations on files
199 @section Cryptographic operations on files
202 @node Dired integration
203 @section Dired integration
206 @node Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files
207 @section Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files