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@@ -396,9 +396,8 @@ pkd:0:1024:B665B1435F4C2 .... FF26ABB:
*** NEWSIG [<signers_uid>]
Is issued right before a signature verification starts. This is
useful to define a context for parsing ERROR status messages.
- arguments are currently defined. If SIGNERS_UID is given and is
- not "-" this is the percent escape value of the OpenPGP Signer's
- User ID signature sub-packet.
+ If SIGNERS_UID is given and is not "-" this is the percent-escaped
+ value of the OpenPGP Signer's User ID signature sub-packet.
*** GOODSIG <long_keyid_or_fpr> <username>
The signature with the keyid is good. For each signature only one
@@ -1043,15 +1042,16 @@ pkd:0:1024:B665B1435F4C2 .... FF26ABB:
- 4 :: Key is stored on a smartcard.
*** PROGRESS <what> <char> <cur> <total> [<units>]
- Used by the primegen and Public key functions to indicate
+ Used by the primegen and public key functions to indicate
progress. <char> is the character displayed with no --status-fd
enabled, with the linefeed replaced by an 'X'. <cur> is the
current amount done and <total> is amount to be done; a <total> of
- 0 indicates that the total amount is not known. The condition
+ 0 indicates that the total amount is not known. Both are
+ non-negative integers. The condition
: TOTAL && CUR == TOTAL
may be used to detect the end of an operation.
- Well known values for WHAT are:
+ Well known values for <what> are:
- pk_dsa :: DSA key generation
- pk_elg :: Elgamal key generation
@@ -1066,7 +1066,9 @@ pkd:0:1024:B665B1435F4C2 .... FF26ABB:
the data of a smartcard.
- card_busy :: A smartcard is still working
- <units> is sometines used to describe the units for <current> and
+ When <what> refers to a file path, it may be truncated.
+
+ <units> is sometimes used to describe the units for <current> and
<total>. For example "B", "KiB", or "MiB".
*** BACKUP_KEY_CREATED <fingerprint> <fname>