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@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2002-03-06 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
+ * gpgme.texi (Encrypting a Plaintext): Document symmetric
+ encryption.
+
+2002-03-06 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
+
* gpgme.texi (Error Strings): Add example.
* gpgme.texi (Listing Keys): Likewise.
diff --git a/doc/gpgme.texi b/doc/gpgme.texi
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@@ -2289,6 +2289,13 @@ encrypted for all valid recipients and returned in @var{cipher}. More
information about the invalid recipients is available with
@code{gpgme_get_op_info}. @xref{Detailed Results}.
+If @var{recp} is @code{NULL}, symmetric rather than public key
+encryption is performed. Symmetrically encrypted cipher text can be
+deciphered with @code{gpgme_op_decrypt}. Note that in this case the
+crypto backend needs to retrieve a passphrase from the user.
+Symmetric encryption is currently only supported for the OpenPGP
+crypto backend.
+
The function returns @code{GPGME_No_Error} if the ciphertext could be
created successfully, @code{GPGME_Invalid_Value} if @var{ctx},
@var{rset}, @var{plain} or @var{cipher} is not a valid pointer,