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authorDavid Shaw <[email protected]>2004-06-01 20:34:58 +0000
committerDavid Shaw <[email protected]>2004-06-01 20:34:58 +0000
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parent* g10.c (main): Alias --charset as --display-charset to help avoid the (diff)
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* gpg.sgml: Note that --charset is --display-charset. Some language
tweaks for --simple-sk-checksum (Debian 251795).
-rw-r--r--doc/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg.sgml46
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 4c1891d48..afdfb31c2 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-01 David Shaw <[email protected]>
+
+ * gpg.sgml: Note that --charset is --display-charset. Some
+ language tweaks for --simple-sk-checksum (Debian 251795).
+
2004-05-08 David Shaw <[email protected]>
* DETAILS, credits-1.0, credits-1.2: ElGamal -> Elgamal.
diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml
index 110b68865..a534b1a09 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/gpg.sgml
@@ -1336,13 +1336,13 @@ $GNUPGHOME.
<varlistentry>
-<term>--charset &ParmName;</term>
+<term>--display-charset &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the name of the native character set. This is used to convert
some informational strings like user IDs to the proper UTF-8
encoding. If this option is not used, the default character set is
determined from the current locale. A verbosity level of 3 shows the
-used one. Valid values for &ParmName; are:</para>
+chosen set. Valid values for &ParmName; are:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>iso-8859-1</term><listitem><para>This is the Latin 1 set.</para></listitem>
@@ -1369,11 +1369,11 @@ that the OS uses native UTF-8 encoding.</para></listitem>
<term>--utf8-strings</term>
<term>--no-utf8-strings</term>
<listitem><para>
-Assume that the arguments are already given as UTF8 strings. The default
-(--no-utf8-strings)
-is to assume that arguments are encoded in the character set as specified
-by --charset. These options affect all following arguments. Both options may
-be used multiple times.
+Assume that command line arguments are given as UTF8 strings. The
+default (--no-utf8-strings) is to assume that arguments are encoded in
+the character set as specified by --display-charset. These options
+affect all following arguments. Both options may be used multiple
+times.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
@@ -1512,9 +1512,9 @@ Put the name value pair into the signature as notation data.
must contain a '@' character. This is to help prevent pollution of
the IETF reserved notation namespace. The --expert flag overrides the
'@' check. &ParmValue; may be any printable string; it will be
-encoded in UTF8, so you should check that your --charset is set
-correctly. If you prefix &ParmName; with an exclamation mark (!), the
-notation data will be flagged as critical (rfc2440:5.2.3.15).
+encoded in UTF8, so you should check that your --display-charset is
+set correctly. If you prefix &ParmName; with an exclamation mark (!),
+the notation data will be flagged as critical (rfc2440:5.2.3.15).
--sig-notation sets a notation for data signatures. --cert-notation
sets a notation for key signatures (certifications). --set-notation
sets both.
@@ -1680,14 +1680,14 @@ conventional encryption.
<term>--simple-sk-checksum</term>
<listitem><para>
Secret keys are integrity protected by using a SHA-1 checksum. This
-method will be part of an enhanced OpenPGP specification but GnuPG
-already uses it as a countermeasure against certain attacks. Old
-applications don't understand this new format, so this option may be
-used to switch back to the old behaviour. Using this this option
-bears a security risk. Note that using this option only takes effect
-when the secret key is encrypted - the simplest way to make this
-happen is to change the passphrase on the key (even changing it to the
-same value is acceptable).
+method is part of the upcoming enhanced OpenPGP specification but
+GnuPG already uses it as a countermeasure against certain attacks.
+Old applications don't understand this new format, so this option may
+be used to switch back to the old behaviour. Using this option bears
+a security risk. Note that using this option only takes effect when
+the secret key is encrypted - the simplest way to make this happen is
+to change the passphrase on the key (even changing it to the same
+value is acceptable).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
@@ -2121,11 +2121,11 @@ verification is not needed.
<term>--with-colons</term>
<listitem><para>
Print key listings delimited by colons. Note that the output will be
-encoded in UTF-8 regardless of any --charset setting. This format is
-useful when GnuPG is called from scripts and other programs as it is
-easily machine parsed. The details of this format are documented in
-the file doc/DETAILS, which is included in the GnuPG source
-distribution.
+encoded in UTF-8 regardless of any --display-charset setting. This
+format is useful when GnuPG is called from scripts and other programs
+as it is easily machine parsed. The details of this format are
+documented in the file doc/DETAILS, which is included in the GnuPG
+source distribution.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>