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authorIneiev <[email protected]>2016-03-04 16:38:09 +0000
committerNIIBE Yutaka <[email protected]>2016-09-20 02:06:57 +0000
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parentdoc: Replace rfc0123 with RFC-0123. (diff)
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doc: Improve markup.
* doc/gpg-agent.texi, doc/gpg.texi, doc/gpgsm.texi, doc/howto-create-a-server-cert.texi, doc/scdaemon.texi, doc/specify-user-id.texi, doc/tools.texi: Fix.
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@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ may use this command to ensure that they are started.
@item --kill [@var{component}]
@opindex kill
Kill the given component. Components which support killing are
-gpg-agent and scdaemon. Components which don't support reloading are
-ignored. Note that as of now reload and kill have the same effect for
-scdaemon.
+@command{gpg-agent} and @command{scdaemon}. Components which don't
+support reloading are ignored. Note that as of now reload and kill
+have the same effect for @command{scdaemon}.
@item --create-socketdir
@opindex create-socketdir
@@ -699,9 +699,9 @@ If this flag is set, and the @code{optional arg} flag is set, then the
option has a special meaning if no argument is given.
@item no change (128)
-If this flag is set, gpgconf ignores requests to change the value. GUI
-frontends should grey out this option. Note, that manual changes of the
-configuration files are still possible.
+If this flag is set, @command{gpgconf} ignores requests to change the
+value. GUI frontends should grey out this option. Note, that manual
+changes of the configuration files are still possible.
@end table
@item level
@@ -1137,9 +1137,9 @@ for other users.
@mansect description
The @command{gpg-connect-agent} is a utility to communicate with a
running @command{gpg-agent}. It is useful to check out the commands
-gpg-agent provides using the Assuan interface. It might also be useful
-for scripting simple applications. Input is expected at stdin and out
-put gets printed to stdout.
+@command{gpg-agent} provides using the Assuan interface. It might
+also be useful for scripting simple applications. Input is expected
+at stdin and out put gets printed to stdout.
It is very similar to running @command{gpg-agent} in server mode; but
here we connect to a running instance.
@@ -1673,14 +1673,15 @@ debugging. Run it with @code{--help} for usage information.
@end ifset
@mansect description
-Sometimes simple encryption tools are already in use for a long time and
-there might be a desire to integrate them into the GnuPG framework. The
-protocols and encryption methods might be non-standard or not even
-properly documented, so that a full-fledged encryption tool with an
-interface like gpg is not doable. @command{symcryptrun} provides a
-solution: It operates by calling the external encryption/decryption
-module and provides a passphrase for a key using the standard
-@command{pinentry} based mechanism through @command{gpg-agent}.
+Sometimes simple encryption tools are already in use for a long time
+and there might be a desire to integrate them into the GnuPG
+framework. The protocols and encryption methods might be non-standard
+or not even properly documented, so that a full-fledged encryption
+tool with an interface like @command{gpg} is not doable.
+@command{symcryptrun} provides a solution: It operates by calling the
+external encryption/decryption module and provides a passphrase for a
+key using the standard @command{pinentry} based mechanism through
+@command{gpg-agent}.
Note, that @command{symcryptrun} is only available if GnuPG has been
configured with @samp{--enable-symcryptrun} at build time.