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diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index 2b45a41c1..26b5634cc 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ @c man begin DESCRIPTION -@sc{gpg-agent} is a daemon to manage secret (private) keys independelty -from any protocol. It is used as a backend for @sc{gpg} and @sc{gpgsm} -as well as for a couple of other utilities. +@command{gpg-agent} is a daemon to manage secret (private) keys +independelty from any protocol. It is used as a backend for +@command{gpg} and @command{gpgsm} as well as for a couple of other +utilities. @noindent The usual way to run the agent is from the @code{~/.xsession} file: @@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ eval `gpg-agent --daemon` @noindent If you don't use an X server, you can also put this into your regular startup file @code{~/.profile} or @code{.bash_profile}. It is best not -to run multiple instance of the gpg-agent, so you should make sure that -only is running: @sc{gpg-agent} uses an environment variable to inform +to run multiple instance of the @command{gpg-agent}, so you should make sure that +only is running: @command{gpg-agent} uses an environment variable to inform clients about the communication parameters. You can write the content of this environment variable to a file so that you can test for a running agent. This short script may do the job: @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ one (e.g. @file{/usr/bin/pinentry}). @c man end @noindent -@xref{Option Index}, for an index to GPG-AGENTS's commands and options. +@xref{Option Index}, for an index to @command{GPG-AGENT}'s commands and options. @menu * Agent Commands:: List of all commands. @@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ harder for users to inadvertly accept Root-CA keys. @item --ignore-cache-for-signing @opindex ignore-cache-for-signing -This option will let gpg-agent bypass the passphrase cache for all +This option will let @command{gpg-agent} bypass the passphrase cache for all signing operation. Note that there is also a per-session option to control this behaviour but this command line option takes precedence. @@ -372,13 +373,13 @@ $ eval `gpg-agent --daemon` @node Agent Protocol @section Agent's Assuan Protocol -The gpg-agent should be started by the login shell and set an +The @command{gpg-agent} should be started by the login shell and set an environment variable to tell clients about the socket to be used. Clients should deny to access an agent with a socket name which does not match its own configuration. An application may choose to start an instance of the gpgagent if it does not figure that any has been started; it should not do this if a gpgagent is running but not -usable. Because gpg-agent can only be used in background mode, no +usable. Because @command{gpg-agent} can only be used in background mode, no special command line option is required to activate the use of the protocol. @@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ appropriate secret key or to delegate it to a smartcard. @end example Tell the server about the key to be used for decryption. If this is -not used, gpg-agent may try to figure out the key by trying to +not used, @command{gpg-agent} may try to figure out the key by trying to decrypt the message with each key available. @example @@ -528,8 +529,8 @@ The operation is affected by the option @end example The default of @code{1} uses the cache. Setting this option to @code{0} -will lead gpg-agent to ignore the passphrase cache. Note, that there is -also a global command line option for gpg-agent to globally disable the +will lead @command{gpg-agent} to ignore the passphrase cache. Note, that there is +also a global command line option for @command{gpg-agent} to globally disable the caching. |