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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 94f62cd40..219ff15f4 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ @mansect description @command{gpg2} is the OpenPGP part of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). It -is a tool to provide digitla encryption and signing services using the +is a tool to provide digital encryption and signing services using the OpenPGP standard. @command{gpg2} features complete key management and all bells and whistles you can expect from a decent OpenPGP implementation. @@ -2455,59 +2455,15 @@ user for the filename. @end table +@c ******************************************* +@c *************** **************** +@c *************** USER ID **************** +@c *************** **************** +@c ******************************************* @mansect how to specify a user id -@chapheading How to specify a user ID - -There are different ways to specify a user ID to GnuPG; here are some -examples: - -@table @asis - -@item - -@item 234567C4 -@itemx 0F34E556E -@itemx 01347A56A -@itemx 0xAB123456 -Here the key ID is given in the usual short form. - -@item 234AABBCC34567C4 -@itemx 0F323456784E56EAB -@itemx 01AB3FED1347A5612 -@itemx 0x234AABBCC34567C4 -Here the key ID is given in the long form as used by OpenPGP -(you can get the long key ID using the option --with-colons). - -@item 1234343434343434C434343434343434 -@itemx 123434343434343C3434343434343734349A3434 -@itemx 0E12343434343434343434EAB3484343434343434 -@itemx 0xE12343434343434343434EAB3484343434343434 -The best way to specify a key ID is by using the fingerprint of -the key. This avoids any ambiguities in case that there are duplicated -key IDs (which are really rare for the long key IDs). - -@item =Heinrich Heine <heinrichh@@uni-duesseldorf.de> -Using an exact to match string. The equal sign indicates this. - -@item <heinrichh@@uni-duesseldorf.de> -Using the email address part which must match exactly. The left angle bracket -indicates this email address mode. - -@item @@heinrichh -Match within the <email.address> part of a user ID. The at sign -indicates this email address mode. - -@item Heine -@itemx *Heine -By case insensitive substring matching. This is the default mode but -applications may want to explicitly indicate this by putting the asterisk -in front. -@end table - -Note that you can append an exclamation mark (!) to key IDs or -fingerprints. This flag tells GnuPG to use the specified primary or -secondary key and not to try and calculate which primary or secondary -key to use. +@ifset isman +@include specify-user-id.texi +@end ifset @mansect return vaue @chapheading RETURN VALUE |