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date | Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:49:01 +0000 |
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\input texinfo @c -*- mode: texinfo -*- @c %**start of header @setfilename ../../info/epa @settitle EasyPG Assistant User's Manual @c %**end of header @set VERSION 1.0.0 @copying This file describes EasyPG Assistant. Copyright @copyright{} 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License'' in the Emacs manual. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom.'' This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. @end quotation @end copying @dircategory Emacs @direntry * EasyPG Assistant: (epa). An Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. @end direntry @titlepage @title EasyPG Assistant @author by Daiki Ueno @page @vskip 0pt plus 1filll @insertcopying @end titlepage @page @c @summarycontents @c @contents @node Top @top EasyPG Assistant user's manual EasyPG Assistant is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, @pxref{Top, , Top, gnupg, Using the GNU Privacy Guard}). EasyPG Assistant is a part of the package called EasyPG, an all-in-one GnuPG interface for Emacs. EasyPG also contains the library interface called EasyPG Library. @noindent This manual covers EasyPG version @value{VERSION}. @menu * Overview:: * Quick start:: * Commands:: @end menu @node Overview @chapter Overview EasyPG Assistant provides the following features. @itemize @bullet @item Key management. @item Cryptographic operations on regions. @item Cryptographic operations on files. @item Dired integration. @item Mail-mode integration. @item Automatic encryption/decryption of *.gpg files. @end itemize @node Quick start @chapter Quick start EasyPG Assistant commands are prefixed by @samp{epa-}. For example, @itemize @bullet @item To browse your keyring, type @kbd{M-x epa-list-keys} @item To create a cleartext signature of the region, type @kbd{M-x epa-sign-region} @item To encrypt a file, type @kbd{M-x epa-encrypt-file} @end itemize EasyPG Assistant provides several cryptographic features which can be integrated into other Emacs functionalities. For example, automatic encryption/decryption of @samp{*.gpg} files. To install these features, do @kbd{C-u 1 M-x epa-mode}. It can also be turned on by customize. Try @kbd{M-x customize-variable epa-mode}. @node Commands @chapter Commands This chapter introduces various commands for typical use cases. @menu * Key management:: * Cryptographic operations on regions:: * Cryptographic operations on files:: * Dired integration:: * Mail-mode integration:: * Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files:: @end menu @node Key management @section Key management Probably the first step of using EasyPG Assistant is to browse your keyring. @kbd{M-x epa-list-keys} is corresponding to @samp{gpg --list-keys} from the command line. @deffn Command epa-list-keys name mode Show all keys matched with @var{name} from the public keyring. @end deffn @noindent The output looks as follows. @example u A5B6B2D4B15813FE Daiki Ueno <ueno@@unixuser.org> @end example @noindent A character on the leftmost column indicates the trust level of the key. If it is @samp{u}, the key is marked as ultimately trusted. The second column is the key ID, and the rest is the user ID. You can move over entries by @key{TAB}. If you type @key{RET} or click button1 on an entry, you will see more detailed information about the key you selected. @example u Daiki Ueno <ueno@@unixuser.org> u A5B6B2D4B15813FE 1024bits DSA Created: 2001-10-09 Expires: 2007-09-04 Capabilities: sign certify Fingerprint: 8003 7CD0 0F1A 9400 03CA 50AA A5B6 B2D4 B158 13FE u 4447461B2A9BEA2D 2048bits ELGAMAL_E Created: 2001-10-09 Expires: 2007-09-04 Capabilities: encrypt Fingerprint: 9003 D76B 73B7 4A8A E588 10AF 4447 461B 2A9B EA2D @end example @noindent To browse your private keyring, use @kbd{M-x epa-list-secret-keys}. @deffn Command epa-list-secret-keys name Show all keys matched with @var{name} from the private keyring. @end deffn @noindent In @samp{*Keys*} buffer, several commands are available. The common use case is to export some keys to a file. To do that, type @kbd{m} to select keys, type @kbd{o}, and then supply the filename. Below are other commands related to key management. Some of them take a file as input/output, and others take the current region. @deffn Command epa-insert-keys keys Insert selected @var{keys} after the point. It will let you select keys before insertion. By default, it will encode keys in the OpenPGP armor format. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-import-keys file Import keys from @var{file} to your keyring. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-import-keys-region start end Import keys from the current region between @var{start} and @var{end} to your keyring. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-import-armor-in-region start end Import keys in the OpenPGP armor format in the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. The difference from @code{epa-import-keys-region} is that @code{epa-import-armor-in-region} searches armors in the region and applies @code{epa-import-keys-region} to each of them. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-delete-keys allow-secret Delete selected keys. If @var{allow-secret} is non-@code{nil}, it also delete the secret keys. @end deffn @node Cryptographic operations on regions @section Cryptographic operations on regions @deffn Command epa-decrypt-region start end Decrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. It replaces the region with the decrypted text. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-decrypt-armor-in-region start end Decrypt OpenPGP armors in the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. The difference from @code{epa-decrypt-region} is that @code{epa-decrypt-armor-in-region} searches armors in the region and applies @code{epa-decrypt-region} to each of them. That is, this command does not alter the original text around armors. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-verify-region start end Verify the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. It sends the verification result to the minibuffer or a popup window. It replaces the region with the signed text. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-verify-cleartext-in-region Verify OpenPGP cleartext blocks in the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. The difference from @code{epa-verify-region} is that @code{epa-verify-cleartext-in-region} searches OpenPGP cleartext blocks in the region and applies @code{epa-verify-region} to each of them. That is, this command does not alter the original text around OpenPGP cleartext blocks. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-sign-region start end signers type Sign the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. By default, it creates a cleartext signature. If a prefix argument is given, it will let you select signing keys, and then a signature type. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-encrypt-region start end recipients sign signers Encrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. It will let you select recipients. If a prefix argument is given, it will also ask you whether or not to sign the text before encryption and if you answered yes, it will let you select the signing keys. @end deffn @node Cryptographic operations on files @section Cryptographic operations on files @deffn Command epa-decrypt-file file Decrypt @var{file}. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-verify-file file Verify @var{file}. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-sign-file file signers type Sign @var{file}. If a prefix argument is given, it will let you select signing keys, and then a signature type. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-encrypt-file file recipients Encrypt @var{file}. It will let you select recipients. @end deffn @node Dired integration @section Dired integration EasyPG Assistant extends Dired Mode for GNU Emacs to allow users to easily do cryptographic operations on files. For example, @example M-x dired (mark some files) : e (or M-x epa-dired-do-encrypt) (select recipients by 'm' and click [OK]) @end example @noindent The following keys are assigned. @table @kbd @item : d @kindex @kbd{: d} @findex epa-dired-do-decrypt Decrypt marked files. @item : v @kindex @kbd{: v} @findex epa-dired-do-verify Verify marked files. @item : s @kindex @kbd{: s} @findex epa-dired-do-sign Sign marked files. @item : e @kindex @kbd{: e} @findex epa-dired-do-encrypt Encrypt marked files. @end table @node Mail-mode integration @section Mail-mode integration EasyPG Assistant provides a minor mode to help user compose inline PGP messages. Inline PGP is sending the OpenPGP blobs directly inside a mail message and it is not recommended and you should consider to use PGP/MIME. See @uref{http://josefsson.org/inline-openpgp-considered-harmful.html, Inline PGP in E-mail is bad, Mm'kay?}. @noindent The following keys are assigned. @table @kbd @item C-c C-e d @kindex @kbd{C-c C-e d} @findex epa-mail-decrypt Decrypt OpenPGP armors in the current buffer. @item C-c C-e v @kindex @kbd{C-c C-e v} @findex epa-mail-verify Verify OpenPGP cleartext signed messages in the current buffer. @item C-c C-e s @kindex @kbd{C-c C-e s} @findex epa-mail-sign Compose a signed message from the current buffer. @item C-c C-e e @kindex @kbd{C-c C-e e} @findex epa-mail-encrypt Compose an encrypted message from the current buffer. @end table @node Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files @section Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files Once @code{epa-setup} is loaded, every file whose extension is @samp{.gpg} will be treated as encrypted. That is, when you attempt to open such a file which already exists, the decrypted text is inserted in the buffer rather than encrypted one. On the other hand, when you attempt to save the buffer to a file whose extension is @samp{.gpg}, encrypted data is written. If you want to temporarily disable this behavior, use @kbd{M-x epa-file-disable}, and then to enable this behavior use @kbd{M-x epa-file-enable}. @deffn Command epa-file-disable Disable automatic encryption/decryption of *.gpg files. @end deffn @deffn Command epa-file-enable Enable automatic encryption/decryption of *.gpg files. @end deffn @noindent @code{epa-file} will let you select recipients. If you want to suppress this question, it might be a good idea to put the following line on the first line of the text being encrypted. @vindex epa-file-encrypt-to @cartouche @lisp ;; -*- epa-file-encrypt-to: ("ueno@@unixuser.org") -*- @end lisp @end cartouche The file name extension of encrypted files can be controlled by @var{epa-file-name-regexp}. @defvar epa-file-name-regexp Regexp which matches filenames treated as encrypted. @end defvar Other variables which control the automatic encryption/decryption behavior are below. @defvar epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption If non-@code{nil}, cache passphrase for symmetric encryption. The default value is @code{nil}. @end defvar @defvar epa-file-inhibit-auto-save If non-@code{nil}, disable auto-saving when opening an encrypted file. The default value is @code{t}. @end defvar @bye @c End: @ignore arch-tag: 7404e246-7d4c-4db4-9332-c1293a455a4f @end ignore