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author | Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de> | 2023-07-11 21:57:31 +0200 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2023-07-13 10:51:50 +0300 |
commit | 9bc93c7996c314eb915561f4bc7391d3709cd168 (patch) | |
tree | 557791b1d5451e031806f720dd53d4c5cfac766d | |
parent | 74cc1d27f1f10b9fca033318c59b52354dffe61c (diff) | |
download | emacs-9bc93c7996c314eb915561f4bc7391d3709cd168.tar.gz |
Replace duplicate text from epa.texi by a reference
* doc/misc/auth.texi (GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant Configuration):
Replace duplicate text from epa.texi by a reference to
that. (Bug#64154)
-rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/auth.texi | 43 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/auth.texi b/doc/misc/auth.texi index 03484950e01..7b4e8fcfb39 100644 --- a/doc/misc/auth.texi +++ b/doc/misc/auth.texi @@ -675,43 +675,12 @@ before @file{~/.authinfo}, the auth-source library will try to read the GnuPG encrypted @file{.gpg} file first, before the unencrypted file. -There is an option @code{auto-encryption-mode} to automatically -decrypt @file{*.gpg} files. It is enabled by default. - -If you want your GnuPG passwords to be cached, set up @code{gpg-agent} -or EasyPG Assistant -(@pxref{Caching Passphrases, , Caching Passphrases, epa}). - -To quick start, here are some questions: - -@itemize -@item -Do you use GnuPG version 2 instead of GnuPG version 1? -@item -Do you use symmetric encryption rather than public key encryption? -@item -Do you want to use gpg-agent? -@end itemize - -Here are configurations depending on your answers: - -@multitable {111} {222} {333} {configuration configuration configuration} -@item @b{1} @tab @b{2} @tab @b{3} @tab Configuration -@item Yes @tab Yes @tab Yes @tab Set up gpg-agent. -@item Yes @tab Yes @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent. -@item Yes @tab No @tab Yes @tab Set up gpg-agent. -@item Yes @tab No @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent. -@item No @tab Yes @tab Yes @tab Set up elisp passphrase cache. -@item No @tab Yes @tab No @tab Set up elisp passphrase cache. -@item No @tab No @tab Yes @tab Set up gpg-agent. -@item No @tab No @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent. -@end multitable - -To set up gpg-agent, follow the instruction in GnuPG manual -(@pxref{Invoking GPG-AGENT, , Invoking GPG-AGENT, gnupg}). - -To set up elisp passphrase cache, set -@code{epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption}. +The EasyPG Assistant, which comes bundled with Emacs, handles +decryption of encrypted files automatically, see @ref{Top, , Top, epa, +EasyPG Assistant User's Manual}. It is an Emacs user interface to +@acronym{GnuPG, GNU Privacy Guard}, see @ref{Top, , Top, gnupg, Using +the GNU Privacy Guard}. To get started with these quickly, see +@ref{Quick start, , Quick Start, epa, EasyPG Assistant User's Manual}. @node GNU Free Documentation License @appendix GNU Free Documentation License |