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Re: Getting Org-Crypt to work (doc bug?)
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David Masterson |
Subject: |
Re: Getting Org-Crypt to work (doc bug?) |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:11:44 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> writes:
> Hi David,
> * David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> [2020-09-12; 19:09]:
>> I'm trying to get org-crypt to work, but I'm missing something.
>> Following the Org-Crypt Info page, I've set it up for symmetric
>> encryption and added a :crypt: tag to a header. When I try to save the
>> file, it reports that no key was specified, so it will do symmetric
>> encryption. And then it freezes. C-g will unfreeze, but the buffer is
>> slightly messed up like it started working on something, but waited for
>> an external command? GPG is installed. What am I missing?
>
> I assume it waits for a passphrase. Do you have gpg-agent
> installed? What is your operating system?
Yes, gpg-agent is installed and appears to have been started in
background. My O/S is Debian on a Chromebook.
I start Emacs via 'xterm -e emacs' and just noticed (thanks to you) that
I'm getting a textual popup on the xterm asking for the
passphrase. Given that, everything works.
So, you're saying that the textual popup is the correct mechanism for
getting the passphrase?
--
David Masterson