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diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index e83dc6268..a061283d6 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -465,25 +465,10 @@ user input. The default value of 0 does not ask the pinentry to timeout, however a Pinentry may use its own default timeout value in this case. A Pinentry may or may not honor this request. -@item --pinentry-formatted-passphrase @var{n} +@item --pinentry-formatted-passphrase @opindex pinentry-formatted-passphrase -This option asks the Pinentry to use the mode @var{n} for passphrase -formatting when asking the user for a new passphrase. -Possible values are: -@table @code -@item 0 -Passphrase formatting is disabled. The option to change it is not shown, -so that the user cannot turn it on. This is the default. -@item 1 -Passphrase formatting is disabled. The option to change it is shown, so -that the user can turn it on. -@item 2 -Passphrase formatting is enabled. The option to change it is shown, but -disabled, so that the user cannot turn it off. -@item 3 -Passphrase formatting is enabled. The option to change it is shown, so -that the user can turn it off. -@end table +This option asks the Pinentry to enable passphrase formatting when asking the +user for a new passphrase and masking of the passphrase is turned off. If passphrase formatting is enabled, then all non-breaking space characters are stripped from the entered passphrase. Passphrase formatting is mostly |