Re: Getting Org-Crypt to work (doc bug?)

[tomas]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:42:57AM +0200, Gregor Zattler wrote:
> Hi David,
> * David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> [2020-09-13; 17:11]:
> > 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?
> 
> That's one possible way.  If you want to have a graphical
> dialog box, check which pinentry packages are installed:
> 
> $ dpkg -l '*pinentry*'

[...]

> as you see, at my system, there are two pinentry packages
> installed (besides the docs): pinentry-curses for terminal
> while pinentry-qt provides a graphical dialog box.  I choose
> pinentry-qt, because it had fewer dependencies and was
> smaller than the other options.
> 
> If your system lacks a graphical pinentry, install one.

Pinentry is gpg's way to ask you for your passphrase.
AFAIK there's a way for Emacs to do the pinentry thing
(in case you don't like some unrelated popup exploding
in your face).

I don't know what the current status is (there used to
be a pinentry.el).

So... lots of possibilities.

Cheers
 - t

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