From: Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Getting Org-Crypt to work (doc bug?)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:18:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1r4hahx.fsf@yandex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: SJ0PR03MB5615191CC61BC45AABF6CDD39B230@SJ0PR03MB5615.namprd03.prod.outlook.com
>>>>> David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> writes:
> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>> Hello,
>>
>> David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> writes:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> Could you explain more precisely what you did? For example, I
>> encounter no problem crypting the following file:
>>
>> * Test :crypt:
>>
>> This is crypted.
>>
>> # Local Variables: # org-crypt-key: nil # End:
>>
>> Upon saving the file, I type the key twice, and the entry is
>> encrypted.
>>
>> Note that I evaluated (org-crypt-use-before-save-magic) once
>> beforehand.
> I'm setting up Org this way:
> (use-package org :init (setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance
> '("crypt") org-crypt-key nil ) :config (progn (require 'org-crypt)
> (org-crypt-use-before-save-magic) ) )
> I did essentially what you did (added :crypt: to a header in one
> of my files) and tried to save the file.
> Found it! I started Emacs on Linux via 'xterm -e emacs &' because
> something else had done this to me (forget what). The thing is
> that GPG is asking for the passphrase on the xterm window and not
> in the Emacs. I didn't notice this because Emacs covered
> it. Someone else mentioned the gpg-agent(?) to prevent this (is
> there another way?). Both things should be mentioned in the
> Org-Mode Info pages for org-crypt.
> -- David Masterson
The overlay of a password field (either in an xterm or popup) is a
particular problem for full screen applications, or if you using
something like stumpwm. I've found that whether or not I get a popup
depends on the version of gnupg. Anything greater than gpg version 2.1.18
I get a popup. In those cases, to make sure the password request is
passed always to emacs and not to a popup, I set the variable
`epa-pinentry-mode' to loopback as in
#+begin_src elisp
(setq epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback)
#+end_src
This seems to work.
Best wishes,
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-14 11:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-13 2:09 Getting Org-Crypt to work (doc bug?) David Masterson
2020-09-13 8:32 ` Gregor Zattler
2020-09-14 0:11 ` David Masterson
2020-09-14 8:42 ` Gregor Zattler
2020-09-14 11:19 ` tomas
2020-09-13 8:36 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-09-14 0:02 ` David Masterson
2020-09-14 11:18 ` Colin Baxter [this message]
2020-09-14 11:25 ` tomas
2020-09-14 14:17 ` Colin Baxter
2020-09-15 9:15 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-14 20:31 ` David Masterson
2020-09-14 12:50 ` Bastien
2020-09-14 20:35 ` David Masterson
2020-09-14 21:24 ` David Masterson
2020-09-17 6:16 ` David Masterson
2020-09-17 7:06 ` Bastien
2020-09-23 9:05 ` Bastien
2020-09-23 21:33 ` David Masterson
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