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Main Menu
*********

This is Edition 1.4.0, last updated 26 February 2013, of `The `GnuPG
Made Easy' Reference Manual', for Version 1.4.0 of the GPGME library.

* Menu:

* Introduction::                  How to use this manual.
* Preparation::                   What you should do before using the library.
* Protocols and Engines::         Supported crypto protocols.
* Algorithms::                    Supported algorithms.
* Error Handling::                Error numbers and their meanings.
* Exchanging Data::               Passing data to and from GPGME.
* Contexts::                      Handling GPGME contexts.

Appendices

* UI Server Protocol::            The GnuPG UI Server Protocol.

* Library Copying::               The GNU Lesser General Public License says
                                  how you can copy and share `GnuPG Made Easy'.
* Copying::                       The GNU General Public License says how you
                                  can copy and share this manual.

Indices

* Concept Index::                 Index of concepts and programs.
* Function and Data Index::       Index of functions, variables and data types.


 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Introduction

* Getting Started::               Purpose of the manual, and how to use it.
* Features::                      Reasons to install and use GPGME.
* Overview::                      Basic architecture of the GPGME library.

Preparation

* Header::                        What header file you need to include.
* Building the Source::           Compiler options to be used.
* Largefile Support (LFS)::       How to use GPGME with LFS.
* Using Automake::                Compiler options to be used the easy way.
* Using Libtool::                 Avoiding compiler options entirely.
* Library Version Check::         Getting and verifying the library version.
* Signal Handling::               How GPGME affects signal handling.
* Multi Threading::               How GPGME can be used in an MT environment.

Protocols and Engines

* Engine Version Check::          Verifying the engine version.
* Engine Information::            Obtaining more information about the engines.
* Engine Configuration::          Changing the engine configuration.
* OpenPGP::                       Support for the OpenPGP protocol.
* Cryptographic Message Syntax::  Support for the CMS.

Algorithms

* Public Key Algorithms::         A list of all public key algorithms.
* Hash Algorithms::               A list of all hash algorithms.

Error Handling

* Error Values::                  The error value and what it means.
* Error Codes::                   A list of important error codes.
* Error Sources::                 A list of important error sources.
* Error Strings::                 How to get a descriptive string from a value.

Exchanging Data

* Creating Data Buffers::         Creating new data buffers.
* Destroying Data Buffers::       Releasing data buffers.
* Manipulating Data Buffers::     Operations on data buffers.

Creating Data Buffers

* Memory Based Data Buffers::     Creating memory based data buffers.
* File Based Data Buffers::       Creating file based data buffers.
* Callback Based Data Buffers::   Creating callback based data buffers.

Manipulating Data Buffers

* Data Buffer I/O Operations::    I/O operations on data buffers.
* Data Buffer Meta-Data::         Meta-data manipulation of data buffers.

Contexts

* Creating Contexts::             Creating new GPGME contexts.
* Destroying Contexts::           Releasing GPGME contexts.
* Result Management::             Managing the result of crypto operations.
* Context Attributes::            Setting properties of a context.
* Key Management::                Managing keys with GPGME.
* Trust Item Management::         Managing trust items with GPGME.
* Crypto Operations::             Using a context for cryptography.
* Run Control::                   Controlling how operations are run.

Context Attributes

* Protocol Selection::            Selecting the protocol used by a context.
* Crypto Engine::                 Configuring the crypto engine.
* ASCII Armor::                   Requesting ASCII armored output.
* Text Mode::                     Choosing canonical text mode.
* Included Certificates::         Including a number of certificates.
* Key Listing Mode::              Selecting key listing mode.
* Passphrase Callback::           Getting the passphrase from the user.
* Progress Meter Callback::       Being informed about the progress.
* Locale::                        Setting the locale of a context.

Key Management

* Listing Keys::                  Browsing the list of available keys.
* Information About Keys::        Requesting detailed information about keys.
* Key Signatures::                Listing the signatures on a key.
* Manipulating Keys::             Operations on keys.
* Generating Keys::               Creating new key pairs.
* Exporting Keys::                Retrieving key data from the key ring.
* Importing Keys::                Adding keys to the key ring.
* Deleting Keys::                 Removing keys from the key ring.
* Advanced Key Editing::          Advanced key edit operation.

Trust Item Management

* Listing Trust Items::           Browsing the list of available trust items.
* Information About Trust Items:: Requesting information about trust items.
* Manipulating Trust Items::      Operations on trust items.

Crypto Operations

* Decrypt::                       Decrypting a ciphertext.
* Verify::                        Verifying a signature.
* Decrypt and Verify::            Decrypting a signed ciphertext.
* Sign::                          Creating a signature.
* Encrypt::                       Encrypting a plaintext.

Sign

* Selecting Signers::             How to choose the keys to sign with.
* Creating a Signature::          How to create a signature.
* Signature Notation Data::       How to add notation data to a signature.

Encrypt

* Encrypting a Plaintext::        How to encrypt a plaintext.

Run Control

* Waiting For Completion::        Waiting until an operation is completed.
* Using External Event Loops::    Advanced control over what happens when.
* Cancellation::                  How to end pending operations prematurely.

Using External Event Loops

* I/O Callback Interface::        How I/O callbacks are registered.
* Registering I/O Callbacks::     How to use I/O callbacks for a context.
* I/O Callback Example::          An example how to use I/O callbacks.
* I/O Callback Example GTK+::     How to integrate GPGME in GTK+.
* I/O Callback Example GDK::      How to integrate GPGME in GDK.
* I/O Callback Example Qt::       How to integrate GPGME in Qt.

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1 Introduction
**************

`GnuPG Made Easy' (GPGME) is a C language library that allows to add
support for cryptography to a program.  It is designed to make access
to public key crypto engines like GnuPG or GpgSM easier for
applications.  GPGME provides a high-level crypto API for encryption,
decryption, signing, signature verification and key management.

   GPGME uses GnuPG and GpgSM as its backends to support OpenPGP and
the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS).

* Menu:

* Getting Started::               Purpose of the manual, and how to use it.
* Features::                      Reasons to install and use GPGME.
* Overview::                      Basic architecture of the GPGME library.

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1.1 Getting Started
===================

This manual documents the GPGME library programming interface.  All
functions and data types provided by the library are explained.

   The reader is assumed to possess basic knowledge about cryptography
in general, and public key cryptography in particular.  The underlying
cryptographic engines that are used by the library are not explained,
but where necessary, special features or requirements by an engine are
mentioned as far as they are relevant to GPGME or its users.

   This manual can be used in several ways.  If read from the beginning
to the end, it gives a good introduction into the library and how it
can be used in an application.  Forward references are included where
necessary.  Later on, the manual can be used as a reference manual to
get just the information needed about any particular interface of the
library.  Experienced programmers might want to start looking at the
examples at the end of the manual, and then only read up those parts of
the interface which are unclear.

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1.2 Features
============

GPGME has a couple of advantages over other libraries doing a similar
job, and over implementing support for GnuPG or other crypto engines
into your application directly.

it's free software
     Anybody can use, modify, and redistribute it under the terms of
     the GNU Lesser General Public License (*note Library Copying::).

it's flexible
     GPGME provides transparent support for several cryptographic
     protocols by different engines.  Currently, GPGME supports the
     OpenPGP protocol using GnuPG as the backend, and the Cryptographic
     Message Syntax using GpgSM as the backend.

it's easy
     GPGME hides the differences between the protocols and engines from
     the programmer behind an easy-to-use interface.  This way the
     programmer can focus on the other parts of the program, and still
     integrate strong cryptography in his application.  Once support for
     GPGME has been added to a program, it is easy to add support for
     other crypto protocols once GPGME backends provide them.

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1.3 Overview
============

GPGME provides a data abstraction that is used to pass data to the
crypto engine, and receive returned data from it.  Data can be read
from memory or from files, but it can also be provided by a callback
function.

   The actual cryptographic operations are always set within a context.
A context provides configuration parameters that define the behaviour
of all operations performed within it.  Only one operation per context
is allowed at any time, but when one operation is finished, you can run
the next operation in the same context.  There can be more than one
context, and all can run different operations at the same time.

   Furthermore, GPGME has rich key management facilities including
listing keys, querying their attributes, generating, importing,
exporting and deleting keys, and acquiring information about the trust
path.

   With some precautions, GPGME can be used in a multi-threaded
environment, although it is not completely thread safe and thus needs
the support of the application.

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2 Preparation
*************

To use GPGME, you have to perform some changes to your sources and the
build system.  The necessary changes are small and explained in the
following sections.  At the end of this chapter, it is described how
the library is initialized, and how the requirements of the library are
verified.

* Menu:

* Header::                        What header file you need to include.
* Building the Source::           Compiler options to be used.
* Largefile Support (LFS)::       How to use GPGME with LFS.
* Using Automake::                Compiler options to be used the easy way.
* Using Libtool::                 Avoiding compiler options entirely.
* Library Version Check::         Getting and verifying the library version.
* Signal Handling::               How GPGME affects signal handling.
* Multi Threading::               How GPGME can be used in an MT environment.

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2.1 Header
==========

All interfaces (data types and functions) of the library are defined in
the header file `gpgme.h'.  You must include this in all programs using
the library, either directly or through some other header file, like
this:

     #include <gpgme.h>

   The name space of GPGME is `gpgme_*' for function names and data
types and `GPGME_*' for other symbols.  Symbols internal to GPGME take
the form `_gpgme_*' and `_GPGME_*'.

   Because GPGME makes use of the GPG Error library, using GPGME will
also use the `GPG_ERR_*' name space directly, and the `gpg_err*' and
`gpg_str*' name space indirectly.

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2.2 Building the Source
=======================

If you want to compile a source file including the `gpgme.h' header
file, you must make sure that the compiler can find it in the directory
hierarchy.  This is accomplished by adding the path to the directory in
which the header file is located to the compilers include file search
path (via the `-I' option).

   However, the path to the include file is determined at the time the
source is configured.  To solve this problem, gpgme ships with a small
helper program `gpgme-config' that knows about the path to the include
file and other configuration options.  The options that need to be
added to the compiler invocation at compile time are output by the
`--cflags' option to `gpgme-config'.  The following example shows how
it can be used at the command line:

     gcc -c foo.c `gpgme-config --cflags`

   Adding the output of `gpgme-config --cflags' to the compiler command
line will ensure that the compiler can find the GPGME header file.

   A similar problem occurs when linking the program with the library.
Again, the compiler has to find the library files.  For this to work,
the path to the library files has to be added to the library search
path (via the `-L' option).  For this, the option `--libs' to
`gpgme-config' can be used.  For convenience, this option also outputs
all other options that are required to link the program with GPGME (in
particular, the `-lgpgme' option).  The example shows how to link
`foo.o' with the GPGME library to a program `foo'.

     gcc -o foo foo.o `gpgme-config --libs`

   Of course you can also combine both examples to a single command by
specifying both options to `gpgme-config':

     gcc -o foo foo.c `gpgme-config --cflags --libs`

   If you want to link to one of the thread-safe versions of GPGME, you
must specify the `--thread' option before any other option to select
the thread package you want to link with.  Supported thread packages
are `--thread=pth' and `--thread=pthread'.

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2.3 Largefile Support (LFS)
===========================

GPGME is compiled with largefile support by default, if it is available
on the system.  This means that GPGME supports files larger than two
gigabyte in size, if the underlying operating system can.  On some
systems, largefile support is already the default.  On such systems,
nothing special is required.  However, some systems provide only
support for files up to two gigabyte in size by default.  Support for
larger file sizes has to be specifically enabled.

   To make a difficult situation even more complex, such systems provide
two different types of largefile support.  You can either get all
relevant functions replaced with alternatives that are largefile
capable, or you can get new functions and data types for largefile
support added.  Those new functions have the same name as their
smallfile counterparts, but with a suffix of 64.

   An example: The data type `off_t' is 32 bit wide on GNU/Linux PC
systems.  To address offsets in large files, you can either enable
largefile support add-on.  Then a new data type `off64_t' is provided,
which is 64 bit wide.  Or you can replace the existing `off_t' data
type with its 64 bit wide counterpart.  All occurences of `off_t' are
then automagically replaced.

   As if matters were not complex enough, there are also two different
types of file descriptors in such systems.  This is important because
if file descriptors are exchanged between programs that use a different
maximum file size, certain errors must be produced on some file
descriptors to prevent subtle overflow bugs from occuring.

   As you can see, supporting two different maximum file sizes at the
same time is not at all an easy task.  However, the maximum file size
does matter for GPGME, because some data types it uses in its
interfaces are affected by that.  For example, the `off_t' data type is
used in the `gpgme_data_seek' function, to match its POSIX counterpart.
This affects the call-frame of the function, and thus the ABI of the
library.  Furthermore, file descriptors can be exchanged between GPGME
and the application.

   For you as the user of the library, this means that your program must
be compiled in the same file size mode as the library.  Luckily, there
is absolutely no valid reason for new programs to not enable largefile
support by default and just use that.  The compatibility modes (small
file sizes or dual mode) can be considered an historic artefact, only
useful to allow for a transitional period.

   GPGME is compiled using largefile support by default.  This means
that your application must do the same, at least as far as it is
relevant for using the `gpgme.h' header file.  All types in this header
files refer to their largefile counterparts, if they are different from
any default types on the system.

   You can enable largefile support, if it is different from the default
on the system the application is compiled on, by using the Autoconf
macro `AC_SYS_LARGEFILE'.  If you do this, then you don't need to worry
about anything else: It will just work.  In this case you might also
want to use `AC_FUNC_FSEEKO' to take advantage of some new interfaces,
and `AC_TYPE_OFF_T' (just in case).

   If you do not use Autoconf, you can define the preprocessor symbol
`_FILE_OFFSET_BITS' to 64 _before_ including any header files, for
example by specifying the option `-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' on the
compiler command line.  You will also want to define the preprocessor
symbol `LARGEFILE_SOURCE' to 1 in this case, to take advantage of some
new interfaces.

   If you do not want to do either of the above, you probably know
enough about the issue to invent your own solution.  Just keep in mind
that the GPGME header file expects that largefile support is enabled,
if it is available.  In particular, we do not support dual mode
(`_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE').

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2.4 Using Automake
==================

It is much easier if you use GNU Automake instead of writing your own
Makefiles.  If you do that you do not have to worry about finding and
invoking the `gpgme-config' script at all.  GPGME provides an extension
to Automake that does all the work for you.

 -- Macro: AM_PATH_GPGME ([MINIMUM-VERSION], [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
          [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
 -- Macro: AM_PATH_GPGME_PTH ([MINIMUM-VERSION], [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
          [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
 -- Macro: AM_PATH_GPGME_PTHREAD ([MINIMUM-VERSION], [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
          [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
     Check whether GPGME (at least version MINIMUM-VERSION, if given)
     exists on the host system.  If it is found, execute
     ACTION-IF-FOUND, otherwise do ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND, if given.

     Additionally, the function defines `GPGME_CFLAGS' to the flags
     needed for compilation of the program to find the `gpgme.h' header
     file, and `GPGME_LIBS' to the linker flags needed to link the
     program to the GPGME library.

     `AM_PATH_GPGME_PTH' checks for the version of GPGME that can be
     used with GNU Pth, and defines `GPGME_PTH_CFLAGS' and
     `GPGME_PTH_LIBS'.

     `AM_PATH_GPGME_PTHREAD' checks for the version of GPGME that can
     be used with the native pthread implementation, and defines
     `GPGME_PTHREAD_CFLAGS' and `GPGME_PTHREAD_LIBS'.

   You can use the defined Autoconf variables like this in your
`Makefile.am':

     AM_CPPFLAGS = $(GPGME_CFLAGS)
     LDADD = $(GPGME_LIBS)

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2.5 Using Libtool
=================

The easiest way is to just use GNU Libtool.  If you use libtool, and
link to `libgpgme.la', `libgpgme-pth.la' or `libgpgme-pthread.la'
respectively, everything will be done automatically by Libtool.

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2.6 Library Version Check
=========================

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_check_version
          (const char *REQUIRED_VERSION)
     The function `gpgme_check_version' has four purposes.  It can be
     used to retrieve the version number of the library.  In addition it
     can verify that the version number is higher than a certain
     required version number.  In either case, the function initializes
     some sub-systems, and for this reason alone it must be invoked
     early in your program, before you make use of the other functions
     in GPGME.  The last purpose is to run selftests.

     As a side effect for W32 based systems, the socket layer will get
     initialized.

     If REQUIRED_VERSION is `NULL', the function returns a pointer to a
     statically allocated string containing the version number of the
     library.

     If REQUIRED_VERSION is not `NULL', it should point to a string
     containing a version number, and the function checks that the
     version of the library is at least as high as the version number
     provided.  In this case, the function returns a pointer to a
     statically allocated string containing the version number of the
     library.  If REQUIRED_VERSION is not a valid version number, or if
     the version requirement is not met, the function returns `NULL'.

     If you use a version of a library that is backwards compatible with
     older releases, but contains additional interfaces which your
     program uses, this function provides a run-time check if the
     necessary features are provided by the installed version of the
     library.

     If a selftest fails, the function may still succeed.  Selftest
     errors are returned later when invoking `gpgme_new', so that a
     detailed error code can be returned (historically,
     `gpgme_check_version' does not return a detailed error code).

 -- Function: int gpgme_set_global_flag (const char *NAME,
          const char *VALUE)
     On some systems it is not easy to set environment variables and
     thus hard to use GPGME's internal trace facility for debugging.
     This function has been introduced as an alternative way to enable
     debugging.  It is important to assure that only one thread accesses
     GPGME functions between a call to this function and after the
     return from the call to `gpgme_check_version'.

     To enable debugging, you need to call this function as early as
     possible -- even before `gpgme_check_version' -- with the string
     "debug" for NAME and VALUE identical to the value used with the
     environment variable `GPGME_DEBUG'.

     This function returns `0' on success.  In contrast to other
     functions the non-zero return value on failure does not convey any
     error code.  For setting "debug" the only possible error cause is
     an out of memory condition; which would exhibit itself later
     anyway.  Thus the return value may be ignored.

   After initializing GPGME, you should set the locale information to
the locale required for your output terminal.  This locale information
is needed for example for the curses and Gtk pinentry.  Here is an
example of a complete initialization:

     #include <locale.h>
     #include <gpgme.h>

     void
     init_gpgme (void)
     {
       /* Initialize the locale environment.  */
       setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
       gpgme_check_version (NULL);
       gpgme_set_locale (NULL, LC_CTYPE, setlocale (LC_CTYPE, NULL));
     #ifdef LC_MESSAGES
       gpgme_set_locale (NULL, LC_MESSAGES, setlocale (LC_MESSAGES, NULL));
     #endif
     }

   Note that you are highly recommended to initialize the locale
settings like this.  GPGME can not do this for you because it would not
be thread safe.  The conditional on LC_MESSAGES is only necessary for
portability to W32 systems.

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2.7 Signal Handling
===================

The GPGME library communicates with child processes (the crypto
engines).  If a child process dies unexpectedly, for example due to a
bug, or system problem, a `SIGPIPE' signal will be delivered to the
application.  The default action is to abort the program.  To protect
against this, `gpgme_check_version' sets the `SIGPIPE' signal action to
`SIG_IGN', which means that the signal will be ignored.

   GPGME will only do that if the signal action for `SIGPIPE' is
`SIG_DEF' at the time `gpgme_check_version' is called.  If it is
something different, `GPGME' will take no action.

   This means that if your application does not install any signal
handler for `SIGPIPE', you don't need to take any precautions.  If you
do install a signal handler for `SIGPIPE', you must be prepared to
handle any `SIGPIPE' events that occur due to GPGME writing to a
defunct pipe.  Furthermore, if your application is multi-threaded, and
you install a signal action for `SIGPIPE', you must make sure you do
this either before `gpgme_check_version' is called or afterwards.

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2.8 Multi Threading
===================

The GPGME library is not entirely thread-safe, but it can still be used
in a multi-threaded environment if some care is taken.  If the
following requirements are met, there should be no race conditions to
worry about:

   * GPGME supports the thread libraries pthread and GNU Pth.  The
     support for this has to be enabled at compile time.  GPGME will
     automatically detect the location in which the thread libraries
     are installed and activate the support for them at build time.

     Support for other thread libraries is very easy to add.  Please
     contact us if you have the need.

   * If you want to use GPGME with threads, you must link to the right
     version of the library.  The name of the right library is
     `libgpgme-' followed by the name of the thread package you use.
     For example, if you use GNU Pth, the right name is `libgpgme-pth'.
     Use the Automake macros or `gpgme-config' program for simplicity.

   * The function `gpgme_check_version' must be called before any other
     function in the library, because it initializes the thread support
     subsystem in GPGME.  To achieve this in multi-threaded programs,
     you must synchronize the memory with respect to other threads that
     also want to use GPGME.  For this, it is sufficient to call
     `gpgme_check_version' before creating the other threads using
     GPGME(1).

   * Any `gpgme_data_t' and `gpgme_ctx_t' object must only be accessed
     by one thread at a time.  If multiple threads want to deal with
     the same object, the caller has to make sure that operations on
     that object are fully synchronized.

   * Only one thread at any time is allowed to call `gpgme_wait'.  If
     multiple threads call this function, the caller must make sure that
     all invocations are fully synchronized.  It is safe to start
     asynchronous operations while a thread is running in gpgme_wait.

   * The function `gpgme_strerror' is not thread safe.  You have to use
     `gpgme_strerror_r' instead.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) At least this is true for POSIX threads, as `pthread_create' is
a function that synchronizes memory with respects to other threads.
There are many functions which have this property, a complete list can
be found in POSIX, IEEE Std 1003.1-2003, Base Definitions, Issue 6, in
the definition of the term "Memory Synchronization".  For other thread
packages other, more relaxed or more strict rules may apply.

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3 Protocols and Engines
***********************

GPGME supports several cryptographic protocols, however, it does not
implement them.  Rather it uses backends (also called engines) which
implement the protocol.  GPGME uses inter-process communication to pass
data back and forth between the application and the backend, but the
details of the communication protocol and invocation of the backend is
completely hidden by the interface.  All complexity is handled by
GPGME.  Where an exchange of information between the application and
the backend is necessary, GPGME provides the necessary callback function
hooks and further interfaces.

 -- Data type: enum gpgme_protocol_t
     The `gpgme_protocol_t' type specifies the set of possible protocol
     values that are supported by GPGME.  The following protocols are
     supported:

    `GPGME_PROTOCOL_OpenPGP'
          This specifies the OpenPGP protocol.

    `GPGME_PROTOCOL_CMS'
          This specifies the Cryptographic Message Syntax.

    `GPGME_PROTOCOL_ASSUAN'
          Under development.  Please ask on <gnupg-devel@gnupg.org> for
          help.

    `GPGME_PROTOCOL_G13'
          Under development.  Please ask on <gnupg-devel@gnupg.org> for
          help.

    `GPGME_PROTOCOL_UISERVER'
          Under development.  Please ask on <gnupg-devel@gnupg.org> for
          help.

    `GPGME_PROTOCOL_UNKNOWN'
          Reserved for future extension.  You may use this to indicate
          that the used protocol is not known to the application.
          Currently, GPGME does not accept this value in any operation,
          though, except for `gpgme_get_protocol_name'.

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_get_protocol_name
          (gpgme_protocol_t PROTOCOL)
     The function `gpgme_get_protocol_name' returns a statically
     allocated string describing the protocol PROTOCOL, or `NULL' if
     the protocol number is not valid.

* Menu:

* Engine Version Check::          Verifying the engine version.
* Engine Information::            Obtaining more information about the engines.
* Engine Configuration::          Changing the engine configuration.
* OpenPGP::                       Support for the OpenPGP protocol.
* Cryptographic Message Syntax::  Support for the CMS.

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3.1 Engine Version Check
========================

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_engine_check_version
          (gpgme_protocol_t PROTOCOL)
     The function `gpgme_engine_check_version' verifies that the engine
     implementing the protocol PROTOCOL is installed in the expected
     path and meets the version requirement of GPGME.

     This function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     engine is available and `GPG_ERR_INV_ENGINE' if it is not.

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3.2 Engine Information
======================

 -- Data type: gpgme_engine_info_t
     The `gpgme_engine_info_t' type specifies a pointer to a structure
     describing a crypto engine.  The structure contains the following
     elements:

    `gpgme_engine_info_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next engine info structure in the
          linked list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `gpgme_protocol_t protocol'
          This is the protocol for which the crypto engine is used.
          You can convert this to a string with
          `gpgme_get_protocol_name' for printing.

    `const char *file_name'
          This is a string holding the file name of the executable of
          the crypto engine.  Currently, it is never `NULL', but using
          `NULL' is reserved for future use, so always check before you
          use it.

    `const char *home_dir'
          This is a string holding the directory name of the crypto
          engine's configuration directory.  If it is `NULL', then the
          default directory is used.

    `const char *version'
          This is a string containing the version number of the crypto
          engine.  It might be `NULL' if the version number can not be
          determined, for example because the executable doesn't exist
          or is invalid.

    `const char *req_version'
          This is a string containing the minimum required version
          number of the crypto engine for GPGME to work correctly.
          This is the version number that `gpgme_engine_check_version'
          verifies against.  Currently, it is never `NULL', but using
          `NULL' is reserved for future use, so always check before you
          use it.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_get_engine_info
          (gpgme_engine_info_t *INFO)
     The function `gpgme_get_engine_info' returns a linked list of
     engine info structures in INFO.  Each info structure describes the
     defaults of one configured backend.

     The memory for the info structures is allocated the first time this
     function is invoked, and must not be freed by the caller.

     This function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if
     successful, and a system error if the memory could not be
     allocated.

   Here is an example how you can provide more diagnostics if you
receive an error message which indicates that the crypto engine is
invalid.

     gpgme_ctx_t ctx;
     gpgme_error_t err;

     [...]

     if (gpgme_err_code (err) == GPG_ERR_INV_ENGINE)
       {
         gpgme_engine_info_t info;
         err = gpgme_get_engine_info (&info);
         if (!err)
           {
             while (info && info->protocol != gpgme_get_protocol (ctx))
               info = info->next;
             if (!info)
               fprintf (stderr, "GPGME compiled without support for protocol %s",
                        gpgme_get_protocol_name (info->protocol));
             else if (info->file_name && !info->version)
               fprintf (stderr, "Engine %s not installed properly",
                        info->file_name);
             else if (info->file_name && info->version && info->req_version)
               fprintf (stderr, "Engine %s version %s installed, "
                        "but at least version %s required", info->file_name,
                        info->version, info->req_version);
             else
               fprintf (stderr, "Unknown problem with engine for protocol %s",
                        gpgme_get_protocol_name (info->protocol));
           }
       }

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3.3 Engine Configuration
========================

You can change the configuration of a backend engine, and thus change
the executable program and configuration directory to be used.  You can
make these changes the default or set them for some contexts
individually.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_set_engine_info
          (gpgme_protocol_t PROTO, const char *FILE_NAME,
          const char *HOME_DIR)
     The function `gpgme_set_engine_info' changes the default
     configuration of the crypto engine implementing the protocol PROTO.

     FILE_NAME is the file name of the executable program implementing
     this protocol, and HOME_DIR is the directory name of the
     configuration directory for this crypto engine.  If HOME_DIR is
     `NULL', the engine's default will be used.

     The new defaults are not applied to already created GPGME contexts.

     This function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if
     successful, or an eror code on failure.

   The functions `gpgme_ctx_get_engine_info' and
`gpgme_ctx_set_engine_info' can be used to change the engine
configuration per context.  *Note Crypto Engine::.

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3.4 OpenPGP
===========

OpenPGP is implemented by GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard.  This is the
first protocol that was supported by GPGME.

   The OpenPGP protocol is specified by `GPGME_PROTOCOL_OpenPGP'.

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3.5 Cryptographic Message Syntax
================================

CMS is implemented by GpgSM, the S/MIME implementation for GnuPG.

   The CMS protocol is specified by `GPGME_PROTOCOL_CMS'.

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4 Algorithms
************

The crypto backends support a variety of algorithms used in public key
cryptography.(1)  The following sections list the identifiers used to
denote such an algorithm.

* Menu:

* Public Key Algorithms::         A list of all public key algorithms.
* Hash Algorithms::               A list of all hash algorithms.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) Some engines also provide symmetric only encryption; see the
description of the encryption function on how to use this.

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4.1 Public Key Algorithms
=========================

Public key algorithms are used for encryption, decryption, signing and
verification of signatures.

 -- Data type: enum gpgme_pubkey_algo_t
     The `gpgme_pubkey_algo_t' type specifies the set of all public key
     algorithms that are supported by GPGME.  Possible values are:

    `GPGME_PK_RSA'
          This value indicates the RSA (Rivest, Shamir, Adleman)
          algorithm.

    `GPGME_PK_RSA_E'
          Deprecated.  This value indicates the RSA (Rivest, Shamir,
          Adleman) algorithm for encryption and decryption only.

    `GPGME_PK_RSA_S'
          Deprecated.  This value indicates the RSA (Rivest, Shamir,
          Adleman) algorithm for signing and verification only.

    `GPGME_PK_DSA'
          This value indicates DSA, the Digital Signature Algorithm.

    `GPGME_PK_ELG'
          This value indicates ElGamal.

    `GPGME_PK_ELG_E'
          This value also indicates ElGamal and is used specifically in
          GnuPG.

    `GPGME_PK_ELG_E'
          This value also indicates ElGamal and is used specifically in
          GnuPG.

    `GPGME_PK_ECDSA'
          This value indicates ECDSA, the Elliptic Curve Digital
          Signature Algorithm as defined by FIPS 186-2.

    `GPGME_PK_ECDH'
          This value indicates ECDH, the Eliptic Curve Diffie-Hellmann
          encryption algorithm as defined by the ECC in OpenPGP draft.


 -- Function: const char * gpgme_pubkey_algo_name
          (gpgme_pubkey_algo_t ALGO)
     The function `gpgme_pubkey_algo_name' returns a pointer to a
     statically allocated string containing a description of the public
     key algorithm ALGO.  This string can be used to output the name of
     the public key algorithm to the user.

     If ALGO is not a valid public key algorithm, `NULL' is returned.

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4.2 Hash Algorithms
===================

Hash (message digest) algorithms are used to compress a long message to
make it suitable for public key cryptography.

 -- Data type: enum gpgme_hash_algo_t
     The `gpgme_hash_algo_t' type specifies the set of all hash
     algorithms that are supported by GPGME.  Possible values are:

    `GPGME_MD_MD5'

    `GPGME_MD_SHA1'

    `GPGME_MD_RMD160'

    `GPGME_MD_MD2'

    `GPGME_MD_TIGER'

    `GPGME_MD_HAVAL'

    `GPGME_MD_SHA256'

    `GPGME_MD_SHA384'

    `GPGME_MD_SHA512'

    `GPGME_MD_MD4'

    `GPGME_MD_CRC32'

    `GPGME_MD_CRC32_RFC1510'

    `GPGME_MD_CRC24_RFC2440'

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_hash_algo_name (gpgme_hash_algo_t ALGO)
     The function `gpgme_hash_algo_name' returns a pointer to a
     statically allocated string containing a description of the hash
     algorithm ALGO.  This string can be used to output the name of the
     hash algorithm to the user.

     If ALGO is not a valid hash algorithm, `NULL' is returned.

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5 Error Handling
****************

Many functions in GPGME can return an error if they fail.  For this
reason, the application should always catch the error condition and
take appropriate measures, for example by releasing the resources and
passing the error up to the caller, or by displaying a descriptive
message to the user and cancelling the operation.

   Some error values do not indicate a system error or an error in the
operation, but the result of an operation that failed properly.  For
example, if you try to decrypt a tempered message, the decryption will
fail.  Another error value actually means that the end of a data buffer
or list has been reached.  The following descriptions explain for many
error codes what they mean usually.  Some error values have specific
meanings if returned by a certain functions.  Such cases are described
in the documentation of those functions.

   GPGME uses the `libgpg-error' library.  This allows to share the
error codes with other components of the GnuPG system, and thus pass
error values transparently from the crypto engine, or some helper
application of the crypto engine, to the user.  This way no information
is lost.  As a consequence, GPGME does not use its own identifiers for
error codes, but uses those provided by `libgpg-error'.  They usually
start with `GPG_ERR_'.

   However, GPGME does provide aliases for the functions defined in
libgpg-error, which might be preferred for name space consistency.

* Menu:

* Error Values::                  The error value and what it means.
* Error Sources::                 A list of important error sources.
* Error Codes::                   A list of important error codes.
* Error Strings::                 How to get a descriptive string from a value.

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5.1 Error Values
================

 -- Data type: gpgme_err_code_t
     The `gpgme_err_code_t' type is an alias for the `libgpg-error'
     type `gpg_err_code_t'.  The error code indicates the type of an
     error, or the reason why an operation failed.

     A list of important error codes can be found in the next section.

 -- Data type: gpgme_err_source_t
     The `gpgme_err_source_t' type is an alias for the `libgpg-error'
     type `gpg_err_source_t'.  The error source has not a precisely
     defined meaning.  Sometimes it is the place where the error
     happened, sometimes it is the place where an error was encoded
     into an error value.  Usually the error source will give an
     indication to where to look for the problem.  This is not always
     true, but it is attempted to achieve this goal.

     A list of important error sources can be found in the next section.

 -- Data type: gpgme_error_t
     The `gpgme_error_t' type is an alias for the `libgpg-error' type
     `gpg_error_t'.  An error value like this has always two
     components, an error code and an error source.  Both together form
     the error value.

     Thus, the error value can not be directly compared against an error
     code, but the accessor functions described below must be used.
     However, it is guaranteed that only 0 is used to indicate success
     (`GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR'), and that in this case all other parts of the
     error value are set to 0, too.

     Note that in GPGME, the error source is used purely for
     diagnostical purposes.  Only the error code should be checked to
     test for a certain outcome of a function.  The manual only
     documents the error code part of an error value.  The error source
     is left unspecified and might be anything.

 -- Function: static inline gpgme_err_code_t gpgme_err_code
          (gpgme_error_t ERR)
     The static inline function `gpgme_err_code' returns the
     `gpgme_err_code_t' component of the error value ERR.  This
     function must be used to extract the error code from an error
     value in order to compare it with the `GPG_ERR_*' error code
     macros.

 -- Function: static inline gpgme_err_source_t gpgme_err_source
          (gpgme_error_t ERR)
     The static inline function `gpgme_err_source' returns the
     `gpgme_err_source_t' component of the error value ERR.  This
     function must be used to extract the error source from an error
     value in order to compare it with the `GPG_ERR_SOURCE_*' error
     source macros.

 -- Function: static inline gpgme_error_t gpgme_err_make
          (gpgme_err_source_t SOURCE, gpgme_err_code_t CODE)
     The static inline function `gpgme_err_make' returns the error
     value consisting of the error source SOURCE and the error code
     CODE.

     This function can be used in callback functions to construct an
     error value to return it to the library.

 -- Function: static inline gpgme_error_t gpgme_error
          (gpgme_err_code_t CODE)
     The static inline function `gpgme_error' returns the error value
     consisting of the default error source and the error code CODE.

     For GPGME applications, the default error source is
     `GPG_ERR_SOURCE_USER_1'.  You can define
     `GPGME_ERR_SOURCE_DEFAULT' before including `gpgme.h' to change
     this default.

     This function can be used in callback functions to construct an
     error value to return it to the library.

   The `libgpg-error' library provides error codes for all system error
numbers it knows about.  If ERR is an unknown error number, the error
code `GPG_ERR_UNKNOWN_ERRNO' is used.  The following functions can be
used to construct error values from system errnor numbers.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_err_make_from_errno
          (gpgme_err_source_t SOURCE, int ERR)
     The function `gpgme_err_make_from_errno' is like `gpgme_err_make',
     but it takes a system error like `errno' instead of a
     `gpgme_err_code_t' error code.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_error_from_errno (int ERR)
     The function `gpgme_error_from_errno' is like `gpgme_error', but
     it takes a system error like `errno' instead of a
     `gpgme_err_code_t' error code.

   Sometimes you might want to map system error numbers to error codes
directly, or map an error code representing a system error back to the
system error number.  The following functions can be used to do that.

 -- Function: gpgme_err_code_t gpgme_err_code_from_errno (int ERR)
     The function `gpgme_err_code_from_errno' returns the error code
     for the system error ERR.  If ERR is not a known system error, the
     function returns `GPG_ERR_UNKNOWN_ERRNO'.

 -- Function: int gpgme_err_code_to_errno (gpgme_err_code_t ERR)
     The function `gpgme_err_code_to_errno' returns the system error
     for the error code ERR.  If ERR is not an error code representing
     a system error, or if this system error is not defined on this
     system, the function returns `0'.

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5.2 Error Sources
=================

The library `libgpg-error' defines an error source for every component
of the GnuPG system.  The error source part of an error value is not
well defined.  As such it is mainly useful to improve the diagnostic
error message for the user.

   If the error code part of an error value is `0', the whole error
value will be `0'.  In this case the error source part is of course
`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_UNKNOWN'.

   The list of error sources that might occur in applications using
GPGME is:

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_UNKNOWN'
     The error source is not known.  The value of this error source is
     `0'.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_GPGME'
     The error source is GPGME itself.  This is the default for errors
     that occur in the GPGME library.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_GPG'
     The error source is GnuPG, which is the crypto engine used for the
     OpenPGP protocol.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_GPGSM'
     The error source is GPGSM, which is the crypto engine used for the
     CMS protocol.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_GCRYPT'
     The error source is `libgcrypt', which is used by crypto engines
     to perform cryptographic operations.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_GPGAGENT'
     The error source is `gpg-agent', which is used by crypto engines
     to perform operations with the secret key.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_PINENTRY'
     The error source is `pinentry', which is used by `gpg-agent' to
     query the passphrase to unlock a secret key.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_SCD'
     The error source is the SmartCard Daemon, which is used by
     `gpg-agent' to delegate operations with the secret key to a
     SmartCard.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_KEYBOX'
     The error source is `libkbx', a library used by the crypto engines
     to manage local keyrings.

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_USER_1'

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_USER_2'

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_USER_3'

`GPG_ERR_SOURCE_USER_4'
     These error sources are not used by any GnuPG component and can be
     used by other software.  For example, applications using GPGME can
     use them to mark error values coming from callback handlers.  Thus
     `GPG_ERR_SOURCE_USER_1' is the default for errors created with
     `gpgme_error' and `gpgme_error_from_errno', unless you define
     `GPGME_ERR_SOURCE_DEFAULT' before including `gpgme.h'.

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5.3 Error Codes
===============

The library `libgpg-error' defines many error values.  Most of them are
not used by `GPGME' directly, but might be returned by GPGME because it
received them from the crypto engine.  The below list only includes
such error codes that have a specific meaning in `GPGME', or which are
so common that you should know about them.

`GPG_ERR_EOF'
     This value indicates the end of a list, buffer or file.

`GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR'
     This value indicates success.  The value of this error code is
     `0'.  Also, it is guaranteed that an error value made from the
     error code `0' will be `0' itself (as a whole).  This means that
     the error source information is lost for this error code, however,
     as this error code indicates that no error occured, this is
     generally not a problem.

`GPG_ERR_GENERAL'
     This value means that something went wrong, but either there is not
     enough information about the problem to return a more useful error
     value, or there is no separate error value for this type of
     problem.

`GPG_ERR_ENOMEM'
     This value means that an out-of-memory condition occurred.

`GPG_ERR_E...'
     System errors are mapped to GPG_ERR_FOO where FOO is the symbol for
     the system error.

`GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE'
     This value means that some user provided data was out of range.
     This can also refer to objects.  For example, if an empty
     `gpgme_data_t' object was expected, but one containing data was
     provided, this error value is returned.

`GPG_ERR_UNUSABLE_PUBKEY'
     This value means that some recipients for a message were invalid.

`GPG_ERR_UNUSABLE_SECKEY'
     This value means that some signers were invalid.

`GPG_ERR_NO_DATA'
     This value means that a `gpgme_data_t' object which was expected
     to have content was found empty.

`GPG_ERR_CONFLICT'
     This value means that a conflict of some sort occurred.

`GPG_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED'
     This value indicates that the specific function (or operation) is
     not implemented.  This error should never happen.  It can only
     occur if you use certain values or configuration options which do
     not work, but for which we think that they should work at some
     later time.

`GPG_ERR_DECRYPT_FAILED'
     This value indicates that a decryption operation was unsuccessful.

`GPG_ERR_BAD_PASSPHRASE'
     This value means that the user did not provide a correct passphrase
     when requested.

`GPG_ERR_CANCELED'
     This value means that the operation was canceled.

`GPG_ERR_INV_ENGINE'
     This value means that the engine that implements the desired
     protocol is currently not available.  This can either be because
     the sources were configured to exclude support for this engine, or
     because the engine is not installed properly.

`GPG_ERR_AMBIGUOUS_NAME'
     This value indicates that a user ID or other specifier did not
     specify a unique key.

`GPG_ERR_WRONG_KEY_USAGE'
     This value indicates that a key is not used appropriately.

`GPG_ERR_CERT_REVOKED'
     This value indicates that a key signature was revoced.

`GPG_ERR_CERT_EXPIRED'
     This value indicates that a key signature expired.

`GPG_ERR_NO_CRL_KNOWN'
     This value indicates that no certificate revocation list is known
     for the certificate.

`GPG_ERR_NO_POLICY_MATCH'
     This value indicates that a policy issue occured.

`GPG_ERR_NO_SECKEY'
     This value indicates that no secret key for the user ID is
     available.

`GPG_ERR_MISSING_CERT'
     This value indicates that a key could not be imported because the
     issuer certificate is missing.

`GPG_ERR_BAD_CERT_CHAIN'
     This value indicates that a key could not be imported because its
     certificate chain is not good, for example it could be too long.

`GPG_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ALGORITHM'
     This value means a verification failed because the cryptographic
     algorithm is not supported by the crypto backend.

`GPG_ERR_BAD_SIGNATURE'
     This value means a verification failed because the signature is
     bad.

`GPG_ERR_NO_PUBKEY'
     This value means a verification failed because the public key is
     not available.

`GPG_ERR_USER_1'

`GPG_ERR_USER_2'

`...'

`GPG_ERR_USER_16'
     These error codes are not used by any GnuPG component and can be
     freely used by other software.  Applications using GPGME might use
     them to mark specific errors returned by callback handlers if no
     suitable error codes (including the system errors) for these
     errors exist already.

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5.4 Error Strings
=================

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_strerror (gpgme_error_t ERR)
     The function `gpgme_strerror' returns a pointer to a statically
     allocated string containing a description of the error code
     contained in the error value ERR.  This string can be used to
     output a diagnostic message to the user.

     This function is not thread safe.  Use `gpgme_strerror_r' in
     multi-threaded programs.

 -- Function: int gpgme_strerror_r (gpgme_error_t ERR, char *BUF,
          size_t BUFLEN)
     The function `gpgme_strerror_r' returns the error string for ERR
     in the user-supplied buffer BUF of size BUFLEN.  This function is,
     in contrast to `gpgme_strerror', thread-safe if a thread-safe
     `strerror_r' function is provided by the system.  If the function
     succeeds, 0 is returned and BUF contains the string describing the
     error.  If the buffer was not large enough, ERANGE is returned and
     BUF contains as much of the beginning of the error string as fits
     into the buffer.

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_strsource (gpgme_error_t ERR)
     The function `gpgme_strerror' returns a pointer to a statically
     allocated string containing a description of the error source
     contained in the error value ERR.  This string can be used to
     output a diagnostic message to the user.

   The following example illustrates the use of `gpgme_strerror':

     gpgme_ctx_t ctx;
     gpgme_error_t err = gpgme_new (&ctx);
     if (err)
       {
         fprintf (stderr, "%s: creating GpgME context failed: %s: %s\n",
                  argv[0], gpgme_strsource (err), gpgme_strerror (err));
         exit (1);
       }

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6 Exchanging Data
*****************

A lot of data has to be exchanged between the user and the crypto
engine, like plaintext messages, ciphertext, signatures and information
about the keys.  The technical details about exchanging the data
information are completely abstracted by GPGME.  The user provides and
receives the data via `gpgme_data_t' objects, regardless of the
communication protocol between GPGME and the crypto engine in use.

 -- Data type: gpgme_data_t
     The `gpgme_data_t' type is a handle for a container for generic
     data, which is used by GPGME to exchange data with the user.

   `gpgme_data_t' objects do not provide notifications on events.  It
is assumed that read and write operations are blocking until data is
available.  If this is undesirable, the application must ensure that
all GPGME data operations always have data available, for example by
using memory buffers or files rather than pipes or sockets.  This might
be relevant, for example, if the external event loop mechanism is used.

* Menu:

* Creating Data Buffers::         Creating new data buffers.
* Destroying Data Buffers::       Releasing data buffers.
* Manipulating Data Buffers::     Operations on data buffers.

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6.1 Creating Data Buffers
=========================

Data objects can be based on memory, files, or callback functions
provided by the user.  Not all operations are supported by all objects.

* Menu:

* Memory Based Data Buffers::     Creating memory based data buffers.
* File Based Data Buffers::       Creating file based data buffers.
* Callback Based Data Buffers::   Creating callback based data buffers.

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6.1.1 Memory Based Data Buffers
-------------------------------

Memory based data objects store all data in allocated memory.  This is
convenient, but only practical for an amount of data that is a fraction
of the available physical memory.  The data has to be copied from its
source and to its destination, which can often be avoided by using one
of the other data object

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new (gpgme_data_t *DH)
     The function `gpgme_data_new' creates a new `gpgme_data_t' object
     and returns a handle for it in DH.  The data object is memory
     based and initially empty.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if DH is not
     a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not enough memory is
     available.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new_from_mem (gpgme_data_t *DH,
          const char *BUFFER, size_t SIZE, int COPY)
     The function `gpgme_data_new_from_mem' creates a new
     `gpgme_data_t' object and fills it with SIZE bytes starting from
     BUFFER.

     If COPY is not zero, a private copy of the data is made.  If COPY
     is zero, the data is taken from the specified buffer as needed,
     and the user has to ensure that the buffer remains valid for the
     whole life span of the data object.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if DH or
     BUFFER is not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not enough
     memory is available.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new_from_file (gpgme_data_t *DH,
          const char *FILENAME, int COPY)
     The function `gpgme_data_new_from_file' creates a new
     `gpgme_data_t' object and fills it with the content of the file
     FILENAME.

     If COPY is not zero, the whole file is read in at initialization
     time and the file is not used anymore after that.  This is the only
     mode supported currently.  Later, a value of zero for COPY might
     cause all reads to be delayed until the data is needed, but this is
     not yet implemented.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if DH or
     FILENAME is not a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED' if CODE
     is zero, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not enough memory is available.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new_from_filepart
          (gpgme_data_t *DH, const char *FILENAME, FILE *FP,
          off_t OFFSET, size_t LENGTH)
     The function `gpgme_data_new_from_filepart' creates a new
     `gpgme_data_t' object and fills it with a part of the file
     specified by FILENAME or FP.

     Exactly one of FILENAME and FP must be non-zero, the other must be
     zero.  The argument that is not zero specifies the file from which
     LENGTH bytes are read into the data object, starting from OFFSET.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if DH and
     exactly one of FILENAME and FP is not a valid pointer, and
     `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not enough memory is available.

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6.1.2 File Based Data Buffers
-----------------------------

File based data objects operate directly on file descriptors or
streams.  Only a small amount of data is stored in core at any time, so
the size of the data objects is not limited by GPGME.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new_from_fd (gpgme_data_t *DH,
          int FD)
     The function `gpgme_data_new_from_fd' creates a new `gpgme_data_t'
     object and uses the file descriptor FD to read from (if used as an
     input data object) and write to (if used as an output data object).

     When using the data object as an input buffer, the function might
     read a bit more from the file descriptor than is actually needed
     by the crypto engine in the desired operation because of internal
     buffering.

     Note that GPGME assumes that the file descriptor is set to blocking
     mode.  Errors during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are usually
     fatal for crypto operations.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not
     enough memory is available.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new_from_stream
          (gpgme_data_t *DH, FILE *STREAM)
     The function `gpgme_data_new_from_stream' creates a new
     `gpgme_data_t' object and uses the I/O stream STREAM to read from
     (if used as an input data object) and write to (if used as an
     output data object).

     When using the data object as an input buffer, the function might
     read a bit more from the stream than is actually needed by the
     crypto engine in the desired operation because of internal
     buffering.

     Note that GPGME assumes that the stream is in blocking mode.
     Errors during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are usually fatal
     for crypto operations.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not
     enough memory is available.

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6.1.3 Callback Based Data Buffers
---------------------------------

If neither memory nor file based data objects are a good fit for your
application, you can implement the functions a data object provides
yourself and create a data object from these callback functions.

 -- Data type: ssize_t (*gpgme_data_read_cb_t) (void *HANDLE,
void *BUFFER, size_t SIZE)
     The `gpgme_data_read_cb_t' type is the type of functions which
     GPGME calls if it wants to read data from a user-implemented data
     object.  The function should read up to SIZE bytes from the
     current read position into the space starting at BUFFER.  The
     HANDLE is provided by the user at data object creation time.

     Note that GPGME assumes that the read blocks until data is
     available.  Errors during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are
     usually fatal for crypto operations.

     The function should return the number of bytes read, 0 on EOF, and
     -1 on error.  If an error occurs, ERRNO should be set to describe
     the type of the error.

 -- Data type: ssize_t (*gpgme_data_write_cb_t) (void *HANDLE,
const void *BUFFER, size_t SIZE)
     The `gpgme_data_write_cb_t' type is the type of functions which
     GPGME calls if it wants to write data to a user-implemented data
     object.  The function should write up to SIZE bytes to the current
     write position from the space starting at BUFFER.  The HANDLE is
     provided by the user at data object creation time.

     Note that GPGME assumes that the write blocks until data is
     available.  Errors during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are
     usually fatal for crypto operations.

     The function should return the number of bytes written, and -1 on
     error.  If an error occurs, ERRNO should be set to describe the
     type of the error.

 -- Data type: off_t (*gpgme_data_seek_cb_t) (void *HANDLE,
off_t OFFSET, int WHENCE)
     The `gpgme_data_seek_cb_t' type is the type of functions which
     GPGME calls if it wants to change the current read/write position
     in a user-implemented data object, just like the `lseek' function.

     The function should return the new read/write position, and -1 on
     error.  If an error occurs, ERRNO should be set to describe the
     type of the error.

 -- Data type: void (*gpgme_data_release_cb_t) (void *HANDLE)
     The `gpgme_data_release_cb_t' type is the type of functions which
     GPGME calls if it wants to destroy a user-implemented data object.
     The HANDLE is provided by the user at data object creation time.

 -- Data type: struct gpgme_data_cbs
     This structure is used to store the data callback interface
     functions described above.  It has the following members:

    `gpgme_data_read_cb_t read'
          This is the function called by GPGME to read data from the
          data object.  It is only required for input data object.

    `gpgme_data_write_cb_t write'
          This is the function called by GPGME to write data to the
          data object.  It is only required for output data object.

    `gpgme_data_seek_cb_t seek'
          This is the function called by GPGME to change the current
          read/write pointer in the data object (if available).  It is
          optional.

    `gpgme_data_release_cb_t release'
          This is the function called by GPGME to release a data
          object.  It is optional.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new_from_cbs (gpgme_data_t *DH,
          gpgme_data_cbs_t CBS, void *HANDLE)
     The function `gpgme_data_new_from_cbs' creates a new
     `gpgme_data_t' object and uses the user-provided callback functions
     to operate on the data object.

     The handle HANDLE is passed as first argument to the callback
     functions.  This can be used to identify this data object.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not
     enough memory is available.

   The following interface is deprecated and only provided for backward
compatibility.  Don't use it.  It will be removed in a future version
of GPGME.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_new_with_read_cb
          (gpgme_data_t *DH, int (*READFUNC) (void *HOOK, char *BUFFER,
          size_t COUNT, size_t *NREAD), void *HOOK_VALUE)
     The function `gpgme_data_new_with_read_cb' creates a new
     `gpgme_data_t' object and uses the callback function READFUNC to
     retrieve the data on demand.  As the callback function can supply
     the data in any way it wants, this is the most flexible data type
     GPGME provides.  However, it can not be used to write data.

     The callback function receives HOOK_VALUE as its first argument
     whenever it is invoked.  It should return up to COUNT bytes in
     BUFFER, and return the number of bytes actually read in NREAD.  It
     may return `0' in NREAD if no data is currently available.  To
     indicate `EOF' the function should return with an error code of
     `-1' and set NREAD to `0'.  The callback function may support to
     reset its internal read pointer if it is invoked with BUFFER and
     NREAD being `NULL' and COUNT being `0'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the data
     object was successfully created, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if DH or
     READFUNC is not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not
     enough memory is available.

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6.2 Destroying Data Buffers
===========================

 -- Function: void gpgme_data_release (gpgme_data_t DH)
     The function `gpgme_data_release' destroys the data object with
     the handle DH.  It releases all associated resources that were not
     provided by the user in the first place.

 -- Function: char * gpgme_data_release_and_get_mem (gpgme_data_t DH,
          size_t *LENGTH)
     The function `gpgme_data_release_and_get_mem' is like
     `gpgme_data_release', except that it returns the data buffer and
     its length that was provided by the object.

     The user has to release the buffer with `gpgme_free'.  In case the
     user provided the data buffer in non-copy mode, a copy will be
     made for this purpose.

     In case an error returns, or there is no suitable data buffer that
     can be returned to the user, the function will return `NULL'.  In
     any case, the data object DH is destroyed.

 -- Function: void gpgme_free (void *BUFFER)
     The function `gpgme_free' releases the memory returned by
     `gpgme_data_release_and_get_mem'.  It should be used instead of
     the system libraries `free' function in case different allocators
     are used in a single program.

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6.3 Manipulating Data Buffers
=============================

Data buffers contain data and meta-data.  The following operations can
be used to manipulate both.

* Menu:

* Data Buffer I/O Operations::    I/O operations on data buffers.
* Data Buffer Meta-Data::         Meta-data manipulation of data buffers.

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6.3.1 Data Buffer I/O Operations
--------------------------------

 -- Function: ssize_t gpgme_data_read (gpgme_data_t DH, void *BUFFER,
          size_t LENGTH)
     The function `gpgme_data_read' reads up to LENGTH bytes from the
     data object with the handle DH into the space starting at BUFFER.

     If no error occurs, the actual amount read is returned.  If the
     end of the data object is reached, the function returns 0.

     In all other cases, the function returns -1 and sets ERRNO.

 -- Function: ssize_t gpgme_data_write (gpgme_data_t DH,
          const void *BUFFER, size_t SIZE)
     The function `gpgme_data_write' writes up to SIZE bytes starting
     from BUFFER into the data object with the handle DH at the current
     write position.

     The function returns the number of bytes actually written, or -1
     if an error occurs.  If an error occurs, ERRNO is set.

 -- Function: off_t gpgme_data_seek (gpgme_data_t DH, off_t OFFSET,
          int WHENCE)
     The function `gpgme_data_seek' changes the current read/write
     position.

     The WHENCE argument specifies how the OFFSET should be
     interpreted.  It must be one of the following symbolic constants:

    `SEEK_SET'
          Specifies that OFFSET is a count of characters from the
          beginning of the data object.

    `SEEK_CUR'
          Specifies that OFFSET is a count of characters from the
          current file position.  This count may be positive or
          negative.

    `SEEK_END'
          Specifies that OFFSET is a count of characters from the end of
          the data object.  A negative count specifies a position
          within the current extent of the data object; a positive
          count specifies a position past the current end.  If you set
          the position past the current end, and actually write data,
          you will extend the data object with zeros up to that
          position.

     If successful, the function returns the resulting file position,
     measured in bytes from the beginning of the data object.  You can
     use this feature together with `SEEK_CUR' to read the current
     read/write position.

     If the function fails, -1 is returned and ERRNO is set.

   The following function is deprecated and should not be used.  It will
be removed in a future version of GPGME.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_rewind (gpgme_data_t DH)
     The function `gpgme_data_rewind' is equivalent to:

            return (gpgme_data_seek (dh, 0, SEEK_SET) == -1)
              ? gpgme_error_from_errno (errno) : 0;

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6.3.2 Data Buffer Meta-Data
---------------------------

 -- Function: char * gpgme_data_get_file_name (gpgme_data_t DH)
     The function `gpgme_data_get_file_name' returns a pointer to a
     string containing the file name associated with the data object.
     The file name will be stored in the output when encrypting or
     signing the data and will be returned to the user when decrypting
     or verifying the output data.

     If no error occurs, the string containing the file name is
     returned.  Otherwise, `NULL' will be returned.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_set_file_name (gpgme_data_t DH,
          const char *FILE_NAME)
     The function `gpgme_data_set_file_name' sets the file name
     associated with the data object.  The file name will be stored in
     the output when encrypting or signing the data and will be
     returned to the user when decrypting or verifying the output data.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if DH is
     not a valid pointer and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not enough memory is
     available.

 -- Data type: enum gpgme_data_encoding_t
     The `gpgme_data_encoding_t' type specifies the encoding of a
     `gpgme_data_t' object.  For input data objects, the encoding is
     useful to give the backend a hint on the type of data.  For output
     data objects, the encoding can specify the output data format on
     certain operations.  Please note that not all backends support all
     encodings on all operations.  The following data types are
     available:

    `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_NONE'
          This specifies that the encoding is not known.  This is the
          default for a new data object.  The backend will try its best
          to detect the encoding automatically.

    `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_BINARY'
          This specifies that the data is encoding in binary form; i.e.
          there is no special encoding.

    `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_BASE64'
          This specifies that the data is encoded using the Base-64
          encoding scheme as used by MIME and other protocols.

    `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_ARMOR'
          This specifies that the data is encoded in an armored form as
          used by OpenPGP and PEM.

    `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_URL'
          The data is a list of linefeed delimited URLs.  This is only
          useful with `gpgme_op_import'.

    `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_URL0'
          The data is a list of binary zero delimited URLs.  This is
          only useful with `gpgme_op_import'.

    `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_URLESC'
          The data is a list of linefeed delimited URLs with all
          control and space characters percent escaped.  This mode is
          is not yet implemented.


 -- Function: gpgme_data_encoding_t gpgme_data_get_encoding
          (gpgme_data_t DH)
     The function `gpgme_data_get_encoding' returns the encoding of the
     data object with the handle DH.  If DH is not a valid pointer
     (e.g. `NULL') `GPGME_DATA_ENCODING_NONE' is returned.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_data_set_encoding
          (gpgme_data_t DH, gpgme_data_encoding_t ENC)
     The function `gpgme_data_set_encoding' changes the encoding of the
     data object with the handle DH to ENC.

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7 Contexts
**********

All cryptographic operations in GPGME are performed within a context,
which contains the internal state of the operation as well as
configuration parameters.  By using several contexts you can run
several cryptographic operations in parallel, with different
configuration.

 -- Data type: gpgme_ctx_t
     The `gpgme_ctx_t' type is a handle for a GPGME context, which is
     used to hold the configuration, status and result of cryptographic
     operations.

* Menu:

* Creating Contexts::             Creating new GPGME contexts.
* Destroying Contexts::           Releasing GPGME contexts.
* Result Management::             Managing the result of crypto operations.
* Context Attributes::            Setting properties of a context.
* Key Management::                Managing keys with GPGME.
* Trust Item Management::         Managing trust items with GPGME.
* Crypto Operations::             Using a context for cryptography.
* Run Control::                   Controlling how operations are run.

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7.1 Creating Contexts
=====================

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_new (gpgme_ctx_t *CTX)
     The function `gpgme_new' creates a new `gpgme_ctx_t' object and
     returns a handle for it in CTX.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     context was successfully created, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is
     not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if not enough memory is
     available.  Also, it returns `GPG_ERR_NOT_OPERATIONAL' if
     `gpgme_check_version' was not called to initialize GPGME, and
     `GPG_ERR_SELFTEST_FAILED' if a selftest failed.  Currently, the
     only selftest is for Windows MingW32 targets to see if
     `-mms-bitfields' was used (as required).

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7.2 Destroying Contexts
=======================

 -- Function: void gpgme_release (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_release' destroys the context with the handle
     CTX and releases all associated resources.

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7.3 Result Management
=====================

The detailed result of an operation is returned in operation-specific
structures such as `gpgme_decrypt_result_t'.  The corresponding
retrieval functions such as `gpgme_op_decrypt_result' provide static
access to the results after an operation completes.  The following
interfaces make it possible to detach a result structure from its
associated context and give it a lifetime beyond that of the current
operation or context.

 -- Function: void gpgme_result_ref (void *RESULT)
     The function `gpgme_result_ref' acquires an additional reference
     for the result RESULT, which may be of any type
     `gpgme_*_result_t'.  As long as the user holds a reference, the
     result structure is guaranteed to be valid and unmodified.

 -- Function: void gpgme_result_unref (void *RESULT)
     The function `gpgme_result_unref' releases a reference for the
     result RESULT.  If this was the last reference, the result
     structure will be destroyed and all resources associated to it
     will be released.

   Note that a context may hold its own references to result structures,
typically until the context is destroyed or the next operation is
started.  In fact, these references are accessed through the
`gpgme_op_*_result' functions.

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7.4 Context Attributes
======================

* Menu:

* Protocol Selection::            Selecting the protocol used by a context.
* Crypto Engine::                 Configuring the crypto engine.
* ASCII Armor::                   Requesting ASCII armored output.
* Text Mode::                     Choosing canonical text mode.
* Included Certificates::       Including a number of certificates.
* Key Listing Mode::              Selecting key listing mode.
* Passphrase Callback::           Getting the passphrase from the user.
* Progress Meter Callback::       Being informed about the progress.
* Locale::                        Setting the locale of a context.

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7.4.1 Protocol Selection
------------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_set_protocol (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_protocol_t PROTO)
     The function `gpgme_set_protocol' sets the protocol used within
     the context CTX to PROTO.  All crypto operations will be performed
     by the crypto engine configured for that protocol.  *Note
     Protocols and Engines::.

     Setting the protocol with `gpgme_set_protocol' does not check if
     the crypto engine for that protocol is available and installed
     correctly.  *Note Engine Version Check::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     protocol could be set successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     PROTOCOL is not a valid protocol.

 -- Function: gpgme_protocol_t gpgme_get_protocol (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_get_protocol' retrieves the protocol currently
     use with the context CTX.

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7.4.2 Crypto Engine
-------------------

The following functions can be used to set and retrieve the
configuration of the crypto engines of a specific context.  The default
can also be retrieved without any particular context.  *Note Engine
Information::.  The default can also be changed globally.  *Note Engine
Configuration::.

 -- Function: gpgme_engine_info_t gpgme_ctx_get_engine_info
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_ctx_get_engine_info' returns a linked list of
     engine info structures.  Each info structure describes the
     configuration of one configured backend, as used by the context
     CTX.

     The result is valid until the next invocation of
     `gpgme_ctx_set_engine_info' for this particular context.

     This function can not fail.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_ctx_set_engine_info (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_protocol_t PROTO, const char *FILE_NAME,
          const char *HOME_DIR)
     The function `gpgme_ctx_set_engine_info' changes the configuration
     of the crypto engine implementing the protocol PROTO for the
     context CTX.

     FILE_NAME is the file name of the executable program implementing
     this protocol, and HOME_DIR is the directory name of the
     configuration directory for this crypto engine.  If HOME_DIR is
     `NULL', the engine's default will be used.

     Currently this function must be used before starting the first
     crypto operation.  It is unspecified if and when the changes will
     take effect if the function is called after starting the first
     operation on the context CTX.

     This function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if
     successful, or an eror code on failure.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: ASCII Armor,  Next: Text Mode,  Prev: Crypto Engine,  Up: Context Attributes

7.4.3 ASCII Armor
-----------------

 -- Function: void gpgme_set_armor (gpgme_ctx_t CTX, int YES)
     The function `gpgme_set_armor' specifies if the output should be
     ASCII armored.  By default, output is not ASCII armored.

     ASCII armored output is disabled if YES is zero, and enabled
     otherwise.

 -- Function: int gpgme_get_armor (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_get_armor' returns 1 if the output is ASCII
     armored, and `0' if it is not, or if CTX is not a valid pointer.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Text Mode,  Next: Included Certificates,  Prev: ASCII Armor,  Up: Context Attributes

7.4.4 Text Mode
---------------

 -- Function: void gpgme_set_textmode (gpgme_ctx_t CTX, int YES)
     The function `gpgme_set_textmode' specifies if canonical text mode
     should be used.  By default, text mode is not used.

     Text mode is for example used for the RFC2015 signatures; note that
     the updated RFC 3156 mandates that the mail user agent does some
     preparations so that text mode is not needed anymore.

     This option is only relevant to the OpenPGP crypto engine, and
     ignored by all other engines.

     Canonical text mode is disabled if YES is zero, and enabled
     otherwise.

 -- Function: int gpgme_get_textmode (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_get_textmode' returns 1 if canonical text mode
     is enabled, and `0' if it is not, or if CTX is not a valid pointer.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Included Certificates,  Next: Key Listing Mode,  Prev: Text Mode,  Up: Context Attributes

7.4.5 Included Certificates
---------------------------

 -- Function: void gpgme_set_include_certs (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          int NR_OF_CERTS)
     The function `gpgme_set_include_certs' specifies how many
     certificates should be included in an S/MIME signed message.  By
     default, only the sender's certificate is included.  The possible
     values of NR_OF_CERTS are:

    `GPGME_INCLUDE_CERTS_DEFAULT'
          Fall back to the default of the crypto backend.  This is the
          default for GPGME.

    `-2'
          Include all certificates except the root certificate.

    `-1'
          Include all certificates.

    `0'
          Include no certificates.

    `1'
          Include the sender's certificate only.

    `n'
          Include the first n certificates of the certificates path,
          starting from the sender's certificate.  The number `n' must
          be positive.

     Values of NR_OF_CERTS smaller than -2 are undefined.

     This option is only relevant to the CMS crypto engine, and ignored
     by all other engines.

 -- Function: int gpgme_get_include_certs (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_get_include_certs' returns the number of
     certificates to include into an S/MIME signed message.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Key Listing Mode,  Next: Passphrase Callback,  Prev: Included Certificates,  Up: Context Attributes

7.4.6 Key Listing Mode
----------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_set_keylist_mode (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_keylist_mode_t MODE)
     The function `gpgme_set_keylist_mode' changes the default
     behaviour of the key listing functions.  The value in MODE is a
     bitwise-or combination of one or multiple of the following bit
     values:

    `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_LOCAL'
          The `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_LOCAL' symbol specifies that the local
          keyring should be searched for keys in the keylisting
          operation.  This is the default.

    `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EXTERN'
          The `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EXTERN' symbol specifies that an
          external source should be searched for keys in the keylisting
          operation.  The type of external source is dependant on the
          crypto engine used and whether it is combined with
          `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_LOCAL'.  For example, it can be a remote
          keyserver or LDAP certificate server.

    `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIGS'
          The `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIGS' symbol specifies that the key
          signatures should be included in the listed keys.

    `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIG_NOTATIONS'
          The `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIG_NOTATIONS' symbol specifies that
          the signature notations on key signatures should be included
          in the listed keys.  This only works if
          `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIGS' is also enabled.

    `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EPHEMERAL'
          The `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EPHEMERAL' symbol specifies that keys
          flagged as ephemeral are included in the listing.

    `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_VALIDATE'
          The `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_VALIDATE' symbol specifies that the
          backend should do key or certificate validation and not just
          get the validity information from an internal cache.  This
          might be an expensive operation and is in general not useful.
          Currently only implemented for the S/MIME backend and ignored
          for other backends.


     At least one of `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_LOCAL' and
     `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EXTERN' must be specified.  For future binary
     compatibility, you should get the current mode with
     `gpgme_get_keylist_mode' and modify it by setting or clearing the
     appropriate bits, and then using that calculated value in the
     `gpgme_set_keylisting_mode' operation.  This will leave all other
     bits in the mode value intact (in particular those that are not
     used in the current version of the library).

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the mode
     could be set correctly, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is not a
     valid pointer or MODE is not a valid mode.

 -- Function: gpgme_keylist_mode_t gpgme_get_keylist_mode
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_get_keylist_mode' returns the current key
     listing mode of the context CTX.  This value can then be modified
     and used in a subsequent `gpgme_set_keylist_mode' operation to
     only affect the desired bits (and leave all others intact).

     The function returns 0 if CTX is not a valid pointer, and the
     current mode otherwise.  Note that 0 is not a valid mode value.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Passphrase Callback,  Next: Progress Meter Callback,  Prev: Key Listing Mode,  Up: Context Attributes

7.4.7 Passphrase Callback
-------------------------

 -- Data type: gpgme_error_t (*gpgme_passphrase_cb_t)(void *HOOK, const
char *UID_HINT, const char *PASSPHRASE_INFO, int PREV_WAS_BAD, int FD)
     The `gpgme_passphrase_cb_t' type is the type of functions usable as
     passphrase callback function.

     The argument UID_HINT might contain a string that gives an
     indication for which user ID the passphrase is required.  If this
     is not available, or not applicable (in the case of symmetric
     encryption, for example), UID_HINT will be `NULL'.

     The argument PASSPHRASE_INFO, if not `NULL', will give further
     information about the context in which the passphrase is required.
     This information is engine and operation specific.

     If this is the repeated attempt to get the passphrase, because
     previous attempts failed, then PREV_WAS_BAD is 1, otherwise it
     will be 0.

     The user must write the passphrase, followed by a newline
     character, to the file descriptor FD.  The function
     `gpgme_io_writen' should be used for the write operation.  Note
     that if the user returns 0 to indicate success, the user must at
     least write a newline character before returning from the callback.

     If an error occurs, return the corresponding `gpgme_error_t'
     value.  You can use the error code `GPG_ERR_CANCELED' to abort the
     operation.  Otherwise, return `0'.

 -- Function: void gpgme_set_passphrase_cb (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_passphrase_cb_t PASSFUNC, void *HOOK_VALUE)
     The function `gpgme_set_passphrase_cb' sets the function that is
     used when a passphrase needs to be provided by the user to
     PASSFUNC.  The function PASSFUNC needs to implemented by the user,
     and whenever it is called, it is called with its first argument
     being HOOK_VALUE.  By default, no passphrase callback function is
     set.

     Not all crypto engines require this callback to retrieve the
     passphrase.  It is better if the engine retrieves the passphrase
     from a trusted agent (a daemon process), rather than having each
     user to implement their own passphrase query.  Some engines do not
     even support an external passphrase callback at all, in this case
     the error code `GPG_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED' is returned.

     The user can disable the use of a passphrase callback function by
     calling `gpgme_set_passphrase_cb' with PASSFUNC being `NULL'.

 -- Function: void gpgme_get_passphrase_cb (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_passphrase_cb_t *PASSFUNC, void **HOOK_VALUE)
     The function `gpgme_get_passphrase_cb' returns the function that
     is used when a passphrase needs to be provided by the user in
     *PASSFUNC, and the first argument for this function in
     *HOOK_VALUE.  If no passphrase callback is set, or CTX is not a
     valid pointer, `NULL' is returned in both variables.

     PASSFUNC or HOOK_VALUE can be `NULL'.  In this case, the
     corresponding value will not be returned.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Progress Meter Callback,  Next: Locale,  Prev: Passphrase Callback,  Up: Context Attributes

7.4.8 Progress Meter Callback
-----------------------------

 -- Data type: void (*gpgme_progress_cb_t)(void *HOOK, const char
*WHAT, int TYPE, int CURRENT, int TOTAL)
     The `gpgme_progress_cb_t' type is the type of functions usable as
     progress callback function.

     The arguments are specific to the crypto engine.  More information
     about the progress information returned from the GnuPG engine can
     be found in the GnuPG source code in the file `doc/DETAILS' in the
     section PROGRESS.

 -- Function: void gpgme_set_progress_cb (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_progress_cb_t PROGFUNC, void *HOOK_VALUE)
     The function `gpgme_set_progress_cb' sets the function that is
     used when progress information about a cryptographic operation is
     available.  The function PROGFUNC needs to implemented by the
     user, and whenever it is called, it is called with its first
     argument being HOOK_VALUE.  By default, no progress callback
     function is set.

     Setting a callback function allows an interactive program to
     display progress information about a long operation to the user.

     The user can disable the use of a progress callback function by
     calling `gpgme_set_progress_cb' with PROGFUNC being `NULL'.

 -- Function: void gpgme_get_progress_cb (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_progress_cb_t *PROGFUNC, void **HOOK_VALUE)
     The function `gpgme_get_progress_cb' returns the function that is
     used to inform the user about the progress made in *PROGFUNC, and
     the first argument for this function in *HOOK_VALUE.  If no
     progress callback is set, or CTX is not a valid pointer, `NULL' is
     returned in both variables.

     PROGFUNC or HOOK_VALUE can be `NULL'.  In this case, the
     corresponding value will not be returned.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Locale,  Prev: Progress Meter Callback,  Up: Context Attributes

7.4.9 Locale
------------

A locale setting can be associated with a context.  This locale is
passed to the crypto engine, and used for applications like the PIN
entry, which is displayed to the user when entering a passphrase is
required.

   The default locale is used to initialize the locale setting of all
contexts created afterwards.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_set_locale (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          int CATEGORY, const char *VALUE)
     The function `gpgme_set_locale' sets the locale of the context
     CTX, or the default locale if CTX is a null pointer.

     The locale settings that should be changed are specified by
     CATEGORY.  Supported categories are `LC_CTYPE', `LC_MESSAGES', and
     `LC_ALL', which is a wildcard you can use if you want to change
     all the categories at once.

     The value to be used for the locale setting is VALUE, which will
     be copied to GPGME's internal data structures.  VALUE can be a
     null pointer, which disables setting the locale, and will make PIN
     entry and other applications use their default setting, which is
     usually not what you want.

     Note that the settings are only used if the application runs on a
     text terminal, and that the settings should fit the configuration
     of the output terminal.  Normally, it is sufficient to initialize
     the default value at startup.

     The function returns an error if not enough memory is available.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Key Management,  Next: Trust Item Management,  Prev: Context Attributes,  Up: Contexts

7.5 Key Management
==================

Some of the cryptographic operations require that recipients or signers
are specified.  This is always done by specifying the respective keys
that should be used for the operation.  The following section describes
how such keys can be selected and manipulated.

 -- Data type: gpgme_sub_key_t
     The `gpgme_sub_key_t' type is a pointer to a subkey structure.
     Sub keys are one component of a `gpgme_key_t' object.  In fact,
     subkeys are those parts that contains the real information about
     the individual cryptographic keys that belong to the same key
     object.  One `gpgme_key_t' can contain several subkeys.  The first
     subkey in the linked list is also called the primary key.

     The subkey structure has the following members:

    `gpgme_sub_key_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next subkey structure in the linked
          list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `unsigned int revoked : 1'
          This is true if the subkey is revoked.

    `unsigned int expired : 1'
          This is true if the subkey is expired.

    `unsigned int disabled : 1'
          This is true if the subkey is disabled.

    `unsigned int invalid : 1'
          This is true if the subkey is invalid.

    `unsigned int can_encrypt : 1'
          This is true if the subkey can be used for encryption.

    `unsigned int can_sign : 1'
          This is true if the subkey can be used to create data
          signatures.

    `unsigned int can_certify : 1'
          This is true if the subkey can be used to create key
          certificates.

    `unsigned int can_authenticate : 1'
          This is true if the subkey can be used for authentication.

    `unsigned int is_qualified : 1'
          This is true if the subkey can be used for qualified
          signatures according to local government regulations.

    `unsigned int secret : 1'
          This is true if the subkey is a secret key.  Note that it
          will be false if the key is actually a stub key; i.e. a
          secret key operation is currently not possible (offline-key).

    `gpgme_pubkey_algo_t pubkey_algo'
          This is the public key algorithm supported by this subkey.

    `unsigned int length'
          This is the length of the subkey (in bits).

    `char *keyid'
          This is the key ID of the subkey in hexadecimal digits.

    `char *fpr'
          This is the fingerprint of the subkey in hexadecimal digits,
          if available.

    `long int timestamp'
          This is the creation timestamp of the subkey.  This is -1 if
          the timestamp is invalid, and 0 if it is not available.

    `long int expires'
          This is the expiration timestamp of the subkey, or 0 if the
          subkey does not expire.

 -- Data type: gpgme_key_sig_t
     The `gpgme_key_sig_t' type is a pointer to a key signature
     structure.  Key signatures are one component of a `gpgme_key_t'
     object, and validate user IDs on the key.

     The signatures on a key are only available if the key was retrieved
     via a listing operation with the `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIGS' mode
     enabled, because it can be expensive to retrieve all signatures of
     a key.

     The signature notations on a key signature are only available if
     the key was retrieved via a listing operation with the
     `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIG_NOTATIONS' mode enabled, because it can be
     expensive to retrieve all signature notations.

     The key signature structure has the following members:

    `gpgme_key_sig_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next key signature structure in the
          linked list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `unsigned int revoked : 1'
          This is true if the key signature is a revocation signature.

    `unsigned int expired : 1'
          This is true if the key signature is expired.

    `unsigned int invalid : 1'
          This is true if the key signature is invalid.

    `unsigned int exportable : 1'
          This is true if the key signature is exportable.

    `gpgme_pubkey_algo_t pubkey_algo'
          This is the public key algorithm used to create the signature.

    `char *keyid'
          This is the key ID of the key (in hexadecimal digits) used to
          create the signature.

    `long int timestamp'
          This is the creation timestamp of the key signature.  This is
          -1 if the timestamp is invalid, and 0 if it is not available.

    `long int expires'
          This is the expiration timestamp of the key signature, or 0
          if the key signature does not expire.

    `gpgme_error_t status'
          This is the status of the signature and has the same meaning
          as the member of the same name in a `gpgme_signature_t'
          object.

    `unsigned int sig_class'
          This specifies the signature class of the key signature.  The
          meaning is specific to the crypto engine.

    `char *uid'
          This is the main user ID of the key used to create the
          signature.

    `char *name'
          This is the name component of `uid', if available.

    `char *comment'
          This is the comment component of `uid', if available.

    `char *email'
          This is the email component of `uid', if available.

    `gpgme_sig_notation_t notations'
          This is a linked list with the notation data and policy URLs.

 -- Data type: gpgme_user_id_t
     A user ID is a component of a `gpgme_key_t' object.  One key can
     have many user IDs.  The first one in the list is the main (or
     primary) user ID.

     The user ID structure has the following members.

    `gpgme_user_id_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next user ID structure in the linked
          list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `unsigned int revoked : 1'
          This is true if the user ID is revoked.

    `unsigned int invalid : 1'
          This is true if the user ID is invalid.

    `gpgme_validity_t validity'
          This specifies the validity of the user ID.

    `char *uid'
          This is the user ID string.

    `char *name'
          This is the name component of `uid', if available.

    `char *comment'
          This is the comment component of `uid', if available.

    `char *email'
          This is the email component of `uid', if available.

    `gpgme_key_sig_t signatures'
          This is a linked list with the signatures on this user ID.

 -- Data type: gpgme_key_t
     The `gpgme_key_t' type is a pointer to a key object.  It has the
     following members:

    `gpgme_keylist_mode_t keylist_mode'
          The keylist mode that was active when the key was retrieved.

    `unsigned int revoked : 1'
          This is true if the key is revoked.

    `unsigned int expired : 1'
          This is true if the key is expired.

    `unsigned int disabled : 1'
          This is true if the key is disabled.

    `unsigned int invalid : 1'
          This is true if the key is invalid. This might have several
          reasons, for a example for the S/MIME backend, it will be set
          in during key listsing if the key could not be validated due
          to a missing certificates or unmatched policies.

    `unsigned int can_encrypt : 1'
          This is true if the key (ie one of its subkeys) can be used
          for encryption.

    `unsigned int can_sign : 1'
          This is true if the key (ie one of its subkeys) can be used
          to create data signatures.

    `unsigned int can_certify : 1'
          This is true if the key (ie one of its subkeys) can be used
          to create key certificates.

    `unsigned int can_authenticate : 1'
          This is true if the key (ie one of its subkeys) can be used
          for authentication.

    `unsigned int is_qualified : 1'
          This is true if the key can be used for qualified signatures
          according to local government regulations.

    `unsigned int secret : 1'
          This is true if the key is a secret key.  Note, that this
          will always be true even if the corresponding subkey flag may
          be false (offline/stub keys).

    `gpgme_protocol_t protocol'
          This is the protocol supported by this key.

    `char *issuer_serial'
          If `protocol' is `GPGME_PROTOCOL_CMS', then this is the
          issuer serial.

    `char *issuer_name'
          If `protocol' is `GPGME_PROTOCOL_CMS', then this is the
          issuer name.

    `char *chain_id'
          If `protocol' is `GPGME_PROTOCOL_CMS', then this is the chain
          ID, which can be used to built the certificate chain.

    `gpgme_validity_t owner_trust'
          If `protocol' is `GPGME_PROTOCOL_OpenPGP', then this is the
          owner trust.

    `gpgme_sub_key_t subkeys'
          This is a linked list with the subkeys of the key.  The first
          subkey in the list is the primary key and usually available.

    `gpgme_user_id_t uids'
          This is a linked list with the user IDs of the key.  The
          first user ID in the list is the main (or primary) user ID.

* Menu:

* Listing Keys::                  Browsing the list of available keys.
* Information About Keys::        Requesting detailed information about keys.
* Key Signatures::                Listing the signatures on a key.
* Manipulating Keys::             Operations on keys.
* Generating Keys::               Creating new key pairs.
* Exporting Keys::                Retrieving key data from the key ring.
* Importing Keys::                Adding keys to the key ring.
* Deleting Keys::                 Removing keys from the key ring.
* Changing Passphrases::          Change the passphrase of a key.
* Advanced Key Editing::          Advanced key edit operation.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Listing Keys,  Next: Information About Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.1 Listing Keys
------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_keylist_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PATTERN, int SECRET_ONLY)
     The function `gpgme_op_keylist_start' initiates a key listing
     operation inside the context CTX.  It sets everything up so that
     subsequent invocations of `gpgme_op_keylist_next' return the keys
     in the list.

     If PATTERN is `NULL', all available keys are returned.  Otherwise,
     PATTERN contains an engine specific expression that is used to
     limit the list to all keys matching the pattern.  Note that the
     total length of the pattern is restricted to an engine-specific
     maximum (a couple of hundred characters are usually accepted).  The
     pattern should be used to restrict the search to a certain common
     name or user, not to list many specific keys at once by listing
     their fingerprints or key IDs.

     If SECRET_ONLY is not `0', the list is restricted to secret keys
     only.

     The context will be busy until either all keys are received (and
     `gpgme_op_keylist_next' returns `GPG_ERR_EOF'), or
     `gpgme_op_keylist_end' is called to finish the operation.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is
     not a valid pointer, and passes through any errors that are
     reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_keylist_ext_start
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX, const char *PATTERN[], int SECRET_ONLY,
          int RESERVED)
     The function `gpgme_op_keylist_ext_start' initiates an extended
     key listing operation inside the context CTX.  It sets everything
     up so that subsequent invocations of `gpgme_op_keylist_next'
     return the keys in the list.

     If PATTERN or *PATTERN is `NULL', all available keys are returned.
     Otherwise, PATTERN is a `NULL' terminated array of strings that
     are used to limit the list to all keys matching at least one of
     the patterns verbatim.  Note that the total length of all patterns
     is restricted to an engine-specific maximum (the exact limit also
     depends on the number of patterns and amount of quoting required,
     but a couple of hundred characters are usually accepted).
     Patterns should be used to restrict the search to a certain common
     name or user, not to list many specific keys at once by listing
     their fingerprints or key IDs.

     If SECRET_ONLY is not `0', the list is restricted to secret keys
     only.

     The value of RESERVED must be `0'.

     The context will be busy until either all keys are received (and
     `gpgme_op_keylist_next' returns `GPG_ERR_EOF'), or
     `gpgme_op_keylist_end' is called to finish the operation.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is
     not a valid pointer, and passes through any errors that are
     reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_keylist_next (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t *R_KEY)
     The function `gpgme_op_keylist_next' returns the next key in the
     list created by a previous `gpgme_op_keylist_start' operation in
     the context CTX.  The key will have one reference for the user.
     *Note Manipulating Keys::.

     This is the only way to get at `gpgme_key_t' objects in GPGME.

     If the last key in the list has already been returned,
     `gpgme_op_keylist_next' returns `GPG_ERR_EOF'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX or
     R_KEY is not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if there is not
     enough memory for the operation.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_keylist_end (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_keylist_end' ends a pending key list
     operation in the context CTX.

     After the operation completed successfully, the result of the key
     listing operation can be retrieved with `gpgme_op_keylist_result'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is
     not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if at some time during
     the operation there was not enough memory available.

   The following example illustrates how all keys containing a certain
string (`g10code') can be listed with their key ID and the name and
e-mail address of the main user ID:

     gpgme_ctx_t ctx;
     gpgme_key_t key;
     gpgme_error_t err = gpgme_new (&ctx);

     if (!err)
       {
         err = gpgme_op_keylist_start (ctx, "g10code", 0);
         while (!err)
           {
             err = gpgme_op_keylist_next (ctx, &key);
             if (err)
               break;
             printf ("%s:", key->subkeys->keyid);
             if (key->uids && key->uids->name)
               printf (" %s", key->uids->name);
             if (key->uids && key->uids->email)
               printf (" <%s>", key->uids->email);
             putchar ('\n');
             gpgme_key_release (key);
           }
         gpgme_release (ctx);
       }
     if (gpg_err_code (err) != GPG_ERR_EOF)
       {
         fprintf (stderr, "can not list keys: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
         exit (1);
       }

 -- Data type: gpgme_keylist_result_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store the result of a
     `gpgme_op_keylist_*' operation.  After successfully ending a key
     listing operation, you can retrieve the pointer to the result with
     `gpgme_op_keylist_result'.  The structure contains the following
     member:

    `unsigned int truncated : 1'
          This is true if the crypto backend had to truncate the
          result, and less than the desired keys could be listed.

 -- Function: gpgme_keylist_result_t gpgme_op_keylist_result
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_keylist_result' returns a
     `gpgme_keylist_result_t' pointer to a structure holding the result
     of a `gpgme_op_keylist_*' operation.  The pointer is only valid if
     the last operation on the context was a key listing operation, and
     if this operation finished successfully.  The returned pointer is
     only valid until the next operation is started on the context.

   In a simple program, for which a blocking operation is acceptable,
the following function can be used to retrieve a single key.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_get_key (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *FPR, gpgme_key_t *R_KEY, int SECRET)
     The function `gpgme_get_key' gets the key with the fingerprint (or
     key ID) FPR from the crypto backend and return it in R_KEY.  If
     SECRET is true, get the secret key.  The currently active keylist
     mode is used to retrieve the key.  The key will have one reference
     for the user.

     If the key is not found in the keyring, `gpgme_get_key' returns
     the error code `GPG_ERR_EOF' and *R_KEY will be set to `NULL'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX or
     R_KEY is not a valid pointer or FPR is not a fingerprint or key
     ID, `GPG_ERR_AMBIGUOUS_NAME' if the key ID was not a unique
     specifier for a key, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if at some time during
     the operation there was not enough memory available.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Information About Keys,  Next: Key Signatures,  Prev: Listing Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.2 Information About Keys
----------------------------

Please see the beginning of this section for more information about
`gpgme_key_t' objects.

 -- Data type: gpgme_validity_t
     The `gpgme_validity_t' type is used to specify the validity of a
     user ID in a key.  The following validities are defined:

    `GPGME_VALIDITY_UNKNOWN'
          The user ID is of unknown validity.  The string
          representation of this validity is "?".

    `GPGME_VALIDITY_UNDEFINED'
          The validity of the user ID is undefined.  The string
          representation of this validity is "q".

    `GPGME_VALIDITY_NEVER'
          The user ID is never valid.  The string representation of this
          validity is "n".

    `GPGME_VALIDITY_MARGINAL'
          The user ID is marginally valid.  The string representation
          of this validity is "m".

    `GPGME_VALIDITY_FULL'
          The user ID is fully valid.  The string representation of this
          validity is "f".

    `GPGME_VALIDITY_ULTIMATE'
          The user ID is ultimately valid.  The string representation
          of this validity is "u".

   The following interfaces are deprecated and only provided for
backward compatibility.  Don't use them.  They will be removed in a
future version of GPGME.

 -- Data type: gpgme_attr_t
     The `gpgme_attr_t' type is used to specify a key or trust item
     attribute.  The following attributes are defined:

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEYID'
          This is the key ID of a sub key.  It is representable as a
          string.

          For trust items, the trust item refers to the key with this
          ID.

    `GPGME_ATTR_FPR'
          This is the fingerprint of a sub key.  It is representable as
          a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_ALGO'
          This is the crypto algorithm for which the sub key can be
          used.  It is representable as a string and as a number.  The
          numbers correspond to the `enum gcry_pk_algos' values in the
          gcrypt library.

    `GPGME_ATTR_LEN'
          This is the key length of a sub key.  It is representable as a
          number.

    `GPGME_ATTR_CREATED'
          This is the timestamp at creation time of a sub key.  It is
          representable as a number.

    `GPGME_ATTR_EXPIRE'
          This is the expiration time of a sub key.  It is
          representable as a number.

    `GPGME_ATTR_OTRUST'
          XXX FIXME  (also for trust items)

    `GPGME_ATTR_USERID'
          This is a user ID.  There can be more than one user IDs in a
          GPGME_KEY_T object.  The first one (with index 0) is the
          primary user ID.  The user ID is representable as a number.

          For trust items, this is the user ID associated with this
          trust item.

    `GPGME_ATTR_NAME'
          This is the name belonging to a user ID.  It is representable
          as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_EMAIL'
          This is the email address belonging to a user ID.  It is
          representable as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_COMMENT'
          This is the comment belonging to a user ID.  It is
          representable as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_VALIDITY'
          This is the validity belonging to a user ID.  It is
          representable as a string and as a number.  See below for a
          list of available validities.

          For trust items, this is the validity that is associated with
          this trust item.

    `GPGME_ATTR_UID_REVOKED'
          This specifies if a user ID is revoked.  It is representable
          as a number, and is `1' if the user ID is revoked, and `0'
          otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_UID_INVALID'
          This specifies if a user ID is invalid.  It is representable
          as a number, and is `1' if the user ID is invalid, and `0'
          otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_LEVEL'
          This is the trust level of a trust item.

    `GPGME_ATTR_TYPE'
          This returns information about the type of key.  For the
          string function this will eother be "PGP" or "X.509".  The
          integer function returns 0 for PGP and 1 for X.509.  It is
          also used for the type of a trust item.

    `GPGME_ATTR_IS_SECRET'
          This specifies if the key is a secret key.  It is
          representable as a number, and is `1' if the key is revoked,
          and `0' otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEY_REVOKED'
          This specifies if a sub key is revoked.  It is representable
          as a number, and is `1' if the key is revoked, and `0'
          otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEY_INVALID'
          This specifies if a sub key is invalid.  It is representable
          as a number, and is `1' if the key is invalid, and `0'
          otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEY_EXPIRED'
          This specifies if a sub key is expired.  It is representable
          as a number, and is `1' if the key is expired, and `0'
          otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEY_DISABLED'
          This specifies if a sub key is disabled.  It is representable
          as a number, and is `1' if the key is disabled, and `0'
          otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEY_CAPS'
          This is a description of the capabilities of a sub key.  It is
          representable as a string.  The string contains the letter
          "e" if the key can be used for encryption, "s" if the key can
          be used for signatures, and "c" if the key can be used for
          certifications.

    `GPGME_ATTR_CAN_ENCRYPT'
          This specifies if a sub key can be used for encryption.  It is
          representable as a number, and is `1' if the sub key can be
          used for encryption, and `0' otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_CAN_SIGN'
          This specifies if a sub key can be used to create data
          signatures.  It is representable as a number, and is `1' if
          the sub key can be used for signatures, and `0' otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_CAN_CERTIFY'
          This specifies if a sub key can be used to create key
          certificates.  It is representable as a number, and is `1' if
          the sub key can be used for certifications, and `0' otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_SERIAL'
          The X.509 issuer serial attribute of the key.  It is
          representable as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_ISSUE'
          The X.509 issuer name attribute of the key.  It is
          representable as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_CHAINID'
          The X.509 chain ID can be used to build the certification
          chain.  It is representable as a string.

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_key_get_string_attr (gpgme_key_t KEY,
          gpgme_attr_t WHAT, const void *RESERVED, int IDX)
     The function `gpgme_key_get_string_attr' returns the value of the
     string-representable attribute WHAT of key KEY.  If the attribute
     is an attribute of a sub key or an user ID, IDX specifies the sub
     key or user ID of which the attribute value is returned.  The
     argument RESERVED is reserved for later use and should be `NULL'.

     The string returned is only valid as long as the key is valid.

     The function returns `0' if an attribute can't be returned as a
     string, KEY is not a valid pointer, IDX out of range, or RESERVED
     not `NULL'.

 -- Function: unsigned long gpgme_key_get_ulong_attr (gpgme_key_t KEY,
          gpgme_attr_t WHAT, const void *RESERVED, int IDX)
     The function `gpgme_key_get_ulong_attr' returns the value of the
     number-representable attribute WHAT of key KEY.  If the attribute
     is an attribute of a sub key or an user ID, IDX specifies the sub
     key or user ID of which the attribute value is returned.  The
     argument RESERVED is reserved for later use and should be `NULL'.

     The function returns `0' if the attribute can't be returned as a
     number, KEY is not a valid pointer, IDX out of range, or RESERVED
     not `NULL'.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Key Signatures,  Next: Manipulating Keys,  Prev: Information About Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.3 Key Signatures
--------------------

The following interfaces are deprecated and only provided for backward
compatibility.  Don't use them.  They will be removed in a future
version of GPGME.

   The signatures on a key are only available if the key was retrieved
via a listing operation with the `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIGS' mode
enabled, because it is expensive to retrieve all signatures of a key.

   So, before using the below interfaces to retrieve the signatures on a
key, you have to make sure that the key was listed with signatures
enabled.  One convenient, but blocking, way to do this is to use the
function `gpgme_get_key'.

 -- Data type: gpgme_attr_t
     The `gpgme_attr_t' type is used to specify a key signature
     attribute.  The following attributes are defined:

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEYID'
          This is the key ID of the key which was used for the
          signature.  It is representable as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_ALGO'
          This is the crypto algorithm used to create the signature.
          It is representable as a string and as a number.  The numbers
          correspond to the `enum gcry_pk_algos' values in the gcrypt
          library.

    `GPGME_ATTR_CREATED'
          This is the timestamp at creation time of the signature.  It
          is representable as a number.

    `GPGME_ATTR_EXPIRE'
          This is the expiration time of the signature.  It is
          representable as a number.

    `GPGME_ATTR_USERID'
          This is the user ID associated with the signing key.  The
          user ID is representable as a number.

    `GPGME_ATTR_NAME'
          This is the name belonging to a user ID.  It is representable
          as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_EMAIL'
          This is the email address belonging to a user ID.  It is
          representable as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_COMMENT'
          This is the comment belonging to a user ID.  It is
          representable as a string.

    `GPGME_ATTR_KEY_REVOKED'
          This specifies if a key signature is a revocation signature.
          It is representable as a number, and is `1' if the key is
          revoked, and `0' otherwise.

    `GPGME_ATTR_SIG_CLASS'
          This specifies the signature class of a key signature.  It is
          representable as a number.  The meaning is specific to the
          crypto engine.

    `GPGME_ATTR_SIG_CLASS'
          This specifies the signature class of a key signature.  It is
          representable as a number.  The meaning is specific to the
          crypto engine.

    `GPGME_ATTR_SIG_STATUS'
          This is the same value as returned by `gpgme_get_sig_status'.

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_key_sig_get_string_attr
          (gpgme_key_t KEY, int UID_IDX, gpgme_attr_t WHAT,
          const void *RESERVED, int IDX)
     The function `gpgme_key_sig_get_string_attr' returns the value of
     the string-representable attribute WHAT of the signature IDX on
     the user ID UID_IDX in the key KEY.  The argument RESERVED is
     reserved for later use and should be `NULL'.

     The string returned is only valid as long as the key is valid.

     The function returns `0' if an attribute can't be returned as a
     string, KEY is not a valid pointer, UID_IDX or IDX out of range,
     or RESERVED not `NULL'.

 -- Function: unsigned long gpgme_key_sig_get_ulong_attr
          (gpgme_key_t KEY, int UID_IDX, gpgme_attr_t WHAT,
          const void *RESERVED, int IDX)
     The function `gpgme_key_sig_get_ulong_attr' returns the value of
     the number-representable attribute WHAT of the signature IDX on
     the user ID UID_IDX in the key KEY.  The argument RESERVED is
     reserved for later use and should be `NULL'.

     The function returns `0' if an attribute can't be returned as a
     string, KEY is not a valid pointer, UID_IDX or IDX out of range,
     or RESERVED not `NULL'.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Manipulating Keys,  Next: Generating Keys,  Prev: Key Signatures,  Up: Key Management

7.5.4 Manipulating Keys
-----------------------

 -- Function: void gpgme_key_ref (gpgme_key_t KEY)
     The function `gpgme_key_ref' acquires an additional reference for
     the key KEY.

 -- Function: void gpgme_key_unref (gpgme_key_t KEY)
     The function `gpgme_key_unref' releases a reference for the key
     KEY.  If this was the last reference, the key will be destroyed
     and all resources associated to it will be released.

   The following interface is deprecated and only provided for backward
compatibility.  Don't use it.  It will be removed in a future version
of GPGME.

 -- Function: void gpgme_key_release (gpgme_key_t KEY)
     The function `gpgme_key_release' is equivalent to
     `gpgme_key_unref'.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Generating Keys,  Next: Exporting Keys,  Prev: Manipulating Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.5 Generating Keys
---------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_genkey (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PARMS, gpgme_data_t PUBLIC, gpgme_data_t SECRET)
     The function `gpgme_op_genkey' generates a new key pair in the
     context CTX.  The meaning of PUBLIC and SECRET depends on the
     crypto backend.

     GnuPG does not support PUBLIC and SECRET, they should be `NULL'.
     GnuPG will generate a key pair and add it to the standard key
     ring.  The fingerprint of the generated key is available with
     `gpgme_op_genkey_result'.

     GpgSM requires PUBLIC to be a writable data object.  GpgSM will
     generate a secret key (which will be stored by `gpg-agent', and
     return a certificate request in PUBLIC, which then needs to be
     signed by the certification authority and imported before it can be
     used.  GpgSM does not make the fingerprint available.

     The argument PARMS specifies parameters for the key in an XML
     string.  The details about the format of PARMS are specific to the
     crypto engine used by CTX.  Here is an example for GnuPG as the
     crypto engine (all parameters of OpenPGP key generation are
     documented in the GPG manual):

          <GnupgKeyParms format="internal">
          Key-Type: default
          Subkey-Type: default
          Name-Real: Joe Tester
          Name-Comment: with stupid passphrase
          Name-Email: joe@foo.bar
          Expire-Date: 0
          Passphrase: abc
          </GnupgKeyParms>

     Here is an example for GpgSM as the crypto engine (all parameters
     of OpenPGP key generation are documented in the GPGSM manual):

          <GnupgKeyParms format="internal">
          Key-Type: RSA
          Key-Length: 1024
          Name-DN: C=de,O=g10 code,OU=Testlab,CN=Joe 2 Tester
          Name-Email: joe@foo.bar
          </GnupgKeyParms>

     Strings should be given in UTF-8 encoding.  The only format
     supported for now is "internal".  The content of the
     `GnupgKeyParms' container is passed verbatim to the crypto
     backend.  Control statements are not allowed.

     After the operation completed successfully, the result can be
     retrieved with `gpgme_op_genkey_result'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     PARMS is not a valid XML string, `GPG_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED' if PUBLIC
     or SECRET is not valid, and `GPG_ERR_GENERAL' if no key was
     created by the backend.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_genkey_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PARMS, gpgme_data_t PUBLIC, gpgme_data_t SECRET)
     The function `gpgme_op_genkey_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_genkey'
     operation.  It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     PARMS is not a valid XML string, and `GPG_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED' if
     PUBLIC or SECRET is not `NULL'.

 -- Data type: gpgme_genkey_result_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store the result of a
     `gpgme_op_genkey' operation.  After successfully generating a key,
     you can retrieve the pointer to the result with
     `gpgme_op_genkey_result'.  The structure contains the following
     members:

    `unsigned int primary : 1'
          This is a flag that is set to 1 if a primary key was created
          and to 0 if not.

    `unsigned int sub : 1'
          This is a flag that is set to 1 if a subkey was created and
          to 0 if not.

    `char *fpr'
          This is the fingerprint of the key that was created.  If both
          a primary and a sub key were generated, the fingerprint of
          the primary key will be returned.  If the crypto engine does
          not provide the fingerprint, `fpr' will be a null pointer.

 -- Function: gpgme_genkey_result_t gpgme_op_genkey_result
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_genkey_result' returns a
     `gpgme_genkey_result_t' pointer to a structure holding the result
     of a `gpgme_op_genkey' operation.  The pointer is only valid if the
     last operation on the context was a `gpgme_op_genkey' or
     `gpgme_op_genkey_start' operation, and if this operation finished
     successfully.  The returned pointer is only valid until the next
     operation is started on the context.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Exporting Keys,  Next: Importing Keys,  Prev: Generating Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.6 Exporting Keys
--------------------

Exporting keys means the same as running `gpg' with the command
`--export'.  However, a mode flag can be used to change the way the
export works.  The available mode flags are described below, they may
be or-ed together.

`GPGME_EXPORT_MODE_EXTERN'
     If this bit is set, the output is send directly to the default
     keyserver. This is currently only allowed for OpenPGP keys.  It is
     good practise to not send more than a few dozens key to a
     keyserver at one time.  Using this flag requires that the KEYDATA
     argument of the export function is set to `NULL'.

`GPGME_EXPORT_MODE_MINIMAL'
     If this bit is set, the smallest possible key is exported.  For
     OpenPGP keys it removes all signatures except for the latest
     self-signatures.  For X.509 keys it has no effect.


 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_export (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PATTERN, gpgme_export_mode_t MODE,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_export' extracts public keys and returns
     them in the data buffer KEYDATA.  The output format of the key
     data returned is determined by the ASCII armor attribute set for
     the context CTX, or, if that is not set, by the encoding specified
     for KEYDATA.

     If PATTERN is `NULL', all available keys are returned.  Otherwise,
     PATTERN contains an engine specific expression that is used to
     limit the list to all keys matching the pattern.

     MODE is usually 0; other values are described above.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation completed successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if KEYDATA
     is not a valid empty data buffer, and passes through any errors
     that are reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_export_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PATTERN, gpgme_export_mode_t MODE,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_export_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_export'
     operation.  It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE'
     if KEYDATA is not a valid empty data buffer.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_export_ext (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PATTERN[], gpgme_export_mode_t MODE,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_export' extracts public keys and returns
     them in the data buffer KEYDATA.  The output format of the key
     data returned is determined by the ASCII armor attribute set for
     the context CTX, or, if that is not set, by the encoding specified
     for KEYDATA.

     If PATTERN or *PATTERN is `NULL', all available keys are returned.
     Otherwise, PATTERN is a `NULL' terminated array of strings that
     are used to limit the list to all keys matching at least one of
     the patterns verbatim.

     MODE is usually 0; other values are described above.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation completed successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if KEYDATA
     is not a valid empty data buffer, and passes through any errors
     that are reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_export_ext_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PATTERN[], gpgme_export_mode_t MODE,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_export_ext_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_export_ext' operation.  It can be completed by calling
     `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE'
     if KEYDATA is not a valid empty data buffer.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_export_keys (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t keys[], gpgme_export_mode_t MODE,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_export_keys' extracts public keys and
     returns them in the data buffer KEYDATA.  The output format of the
     key data returned is determined by the ASCII armor attribute set
     for the context CTX, or, if that is not set, by the encoding
     specified for KEYDATA.

     The keys to export are taken form the `NULL' terminated array
     KEYS.  Only keys of the the currently selected protocol of CTX
     which do have a fingerprint set are considered for export.  Other
     keys specified by the KEYS are ignored.  In particular OpenPGP
     keys retrieved via an external key listing are not included.

     MODE is usually 0; other values are described above.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation completed successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if KEYDATA
     is not a valid empty data buffer, `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if no useful
     keys are in KEYS and passes through any errors that are reported
     by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_export_keys_start
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX, gpgme_key_t KEYS[],
          gpgme_export_mode_t MODE, gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_export_keys_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_export_ext' operation.  It can be completed by calling
     `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE'
     if KEYDATA is not a valid empty data buffer, `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if
     no useful keys are in KEYS and passes through any errors that are
     reported by the crypto engine support routines.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Importing Keys,  Next: Deleting Keys,  Prev: Exporting Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.7 Importing Keys
--------------------

Importing keys means the same as running `gpg' with the command
`--import'.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_import (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_import' adds the keys in the data buffer
     KEYDATA to the key ring of the crypto engine used by CTX.  The
     format of KEYDATA can be ASCII armored, for example, but the
     details are specific to the crypto engine.

     After the operation completed successfully, the result can be
     retrieved with `gpgme_op_import_result'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     import was completed successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if KEYDATA
     if CTX or KEYDATA is not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if
     KEYDATA is an empty data buffer.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_import_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA)
     The function `gpgme_op_import_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_import'
     operation.  It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     import could be started successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     KEYDATA if CTX or KEYDATA is not a valid pointer, and
     `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if KEYDATA is an empty data buffer.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_import_keys (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t *KEYS)
     The function `gpgme_op_import_keys' adds the keys described by the
     `NULL' terminated array KEYS to the key ring of the crypto engine
     used by CTX.  This function is the general interface to move a key
     from one crypto engine to another as long as they are compatible.
     In particular it is used to actually import and make keys
     permanent which have been retrieved from an external source (i.e.
     using `GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EXTERN').  (1)

     Only keys of the the currently selected protocol of CTX are
     considered for import.  Other keys specified by the KEYS are
     ignored.  As of now all considered keys must have been retrieved
     using the same method, that is the used key listing mode must be
     identical.

     After the operation completed successfully, the result can be
     retrieved with `gpgme_op_import_result'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     import was completed successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if KEYDATA
     if CTX or KEYDATA is not a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_CONFLICT' if
     the key listing mode does not match, and `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if no
     keys are considered for export.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_import_keys_start
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX, gpgme_key_t *KEYS)
     The function `gpgme_op_import_keys_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_import_keys' operation.  It can be completed by calling
     `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     import was completed successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if KEYDATA
     if CTX or KEYDATA is not a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_CONFLICT' if
     the key listing mode does not match, and `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if no
     keys are considered for export.

 -- Data type: gpgme_import_status_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store a part of the
     result of a `gpgme_op_import' operation.  For each considered key
     one status is added that contains information about the result of
     the import.  The structure contains the following members:

    `gpgme_import_status_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next status structure in the linked
          list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `char *fpr'
          This is the fingerprint of the key that was considered.

    `gpgme_error_t result'
          If the import was not successful, this is the error value
          that caused the import to fail.  Otherwise the error code is
          `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR'.

    `unsigned int status'
          This is a bit-wise OR of the following flags that give more
          information about what part of the key was imported.  If the
          key was already known, this might be 0.

         `GPGME_IMPORT_NEW'
               The key was new.

         `GPGME_IMPORT_UID'
               The key contained new user IDs.

         `GPGME_IMPORT_SIG'
               The key contained new signatures.

         `GPGME_IMPORT_SUBKEY'
               The key contained new sub keys.

         `GPGME_IMPORT_SECRET'
               The key contained a secret key.

 -- Data type: gpgme_import_result_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store the result of a
     `gpgme_op_import' operation.  After a successful import operation,
     you can retrieve the pointer to the result with
     `gpgme_op_import_result'.  The structure contains the following
     members:

    `int considered'
          The total number of considered keys.

    `int no_user_id'
          The number of keys without user ID.

    `int imported'
          The total number of imported keys.

    `imported_rsa'
          The number of imported RSA keys.

    `unchanged'
          The number of unchanged keys.

    `new_user_ids'
          The number of new user IDs.

    `new_sub_keys'
          The number of new sub keys.

    `new_signatures'
          The number of new signatures.

    `new_revocations'
          The number of new revocations.

    `secret_read'
          The total number of secret keys read.

    `secret_imported'
          The number of imported secret keys.

    `secret_unchanged'
          The number of unchanged secret keys.

    `not_imported'
          The number of keys not imported.

    `gpgme_import_status_t imports'
          A list of gpgme_import_status_t objects which contain more
          information about the keys for which an import was attempted.

 -- Function: gpgme_import_result_t gpgme_op_import_result
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_import_result' returns a
     `gpgme_import_result_t' pointer to a structure holding the result
     of a `gpgme_op_import' operation.  The pointer is only valid if
     the last operation on the context was a `gpgme_op_import' or
     `gpgme_op_import_start' operation, and if this operation finished
     successfully.  The returned pointer is only valid until the next
     operation is started on the context.

   The following interface is deprecated and only provided for backward
compatibility.  Don't use it.  It will be removed in a future version
of GPGME.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_import_ext (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t KEYDATA, int *NR)
     The function `gpgme_op_import_ext' is equivalent to:

            gpgme_error_t err = gpgme_op_import (ctx, keydata);
            if (!err)
              {
                gpgme_import_result_t result = gpgme_op_import_result (ctx);
                *nr = result->considered;
              }

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) Thus it is a replacement for the usual workaround of exporting
and then importing a key to make an X.509 key permanent.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Deleting Keys,  Next: Changing Passphrases,  Prev: Importing Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.8 Deleting Keys
-------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_delete (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const gpgme_key_t KEY, int ALLOW_SECRET)
     The function `gpgme_op_delete' deletes the key KEY from the key
     ring of the crypto engine used by CTX.  If ALLOW_SECRET is `0',
     only public keys are deleted, otherwise secret keys are deleted as
     well, if that is supported.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the key
     was deleted successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX or KEY is not
     a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_NO_PUBKEY' if KEY could not be found in
     the keyring, `GPG_ERR_AMBIGUOUS_NAME' if the key was not specified
     unambiguously, and `GPG_ERR_CONFLICT' if the secret key for KEY is
     available, but ALLOW_SECRET is zero.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_delete_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const gpgme_key_t KEY, int ALLOW_SECRET)
     The function `gpgme_op_delete_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_delete'
     operation.  It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation was started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX
     or KEY is not a valid pointer.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Changing Passphrases,  Next: Advanced Key Editing,  Prev: Deleting Keys,  Up: Key Management

7.5.9 Changing Passphrases
--------------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_passwd (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const gpgme_key_t KEY, unsigned int FLAGS)
     The function `gpgme_op_passwd' changes the passphrase of the
     private key associated with KEY.  The only allowed value for FLAGS
     is `0'.  The backend engine will usually popup a window to ask for
     the old and the new passphrase.  Thus this function is not useful
     in a server application (where passphrases are not required
     anyway).

     Note that old `gpg' engines (before version 2.0.15) do not support
     this command and will silently ignore it.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_passwd_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const gpgme_key_t KEY, unsigned int FLAGS)
     The function `gpgme_op_passwd_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_passwd'
     operation.    It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns `0' if the operation was started successfully,
     and an error code if one of the arguments is not valid or the
     oepration could not be started.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Advanced Key Editing,  Prev: Changing Passphrases,  Up: Key Management

7.5.10 Advanced Key Editing
---------------------------

 -- Data type: gpgme_error_t (*gpgme_edit_cb_t) (void *HANDLE,
gpgme_status_code_t STATUS, const char *ARGS, int FD)
     The `gpgme_edit_cb_t' type is the type of functions which GPGME
     calls if it a key edit operation is on-going.  The status code
     STATUS and the argument line ARGS are passed through by GPGME from
     the crypto engine.  The file descriptor FD is -1 for normal status
     messages.  If STATUS indicates a command rather than a status
     message, the response to the command should be written to FD.  The
     HANDLE is provided by the user at start of operation.

     The function should return `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' or an error value.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_edit (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t KEY, gpgme_edit_cb_t FNC, void *HANDLE,
          gpgme_data_t OUT)
     The function `gpgme_op_edit' processes the key KEY interactively,
     using the edit callback function FNC with the handle HANDLE.  The
     callback is invoked for every status and command request from the
     crypto engine.  The output of the crypto engine is written to the
     data object OUT.

     Note that the protocol between the callback function and the crypto
     engine is specific to the crypto engine and no further support in
     implementing this protocol correctly is provided by GPGME.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the edit
     operation completes successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX or
     KEY is not a valid pointer, and any error returned by the crypto
     engine or the edit callback handler.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_edit_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t KEY, gpgme_edit_cb_t FNC, void *HANDLE,
          gpgme_data_t OUT)
     The function `gpgme_op_edit_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_edit'
     operation.  It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation was started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX
     or KEY is not a valid pointer.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_card_edit (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t KEY, gpgme_edit_cb_t FNC, void *HANDLE,
          gpgme_data_t OUT)
     The function `gpgme_op_card_edit' is analogous to `gpgme_op_edit',
     but should be used to process the smart card corresponding to the
     key KEY.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_card_edit_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t KEY, gpgme_edit_cb_t FNC, void *HANDLE,
          gpgme_data_t OUT)
     The function `gpgme_op_card_edit_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_card_edit' operation.  It can be completed by calling
     `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation was started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX
     or KEY is not a valid pointer.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Trust Item Management,  Next: Crypto Operations,  Prev: Key Management,  Up: Contexts

7.6 Trust Item Management
=========================

*Caution:* The trust items interface is experimental.

 -- Data type: gpgme_trust_item_t
     The `gpgme_trust_item_t' type is a pointer to a trust item object.
     It has the following members:

    `char *keyid'
          This is a string describing the key to which this trust items
          belongs.

    `int type'
          This is the type of the trust item.  A value of 1 refers to a
          key, a value of 2 refers to a user ID.

    `int level'
          This is the trust level.

    `char *owner_trust'
          The owner trust if `type' is 1.

    `char *validity'
          The calculated validity.

    `char *name'
          The user name if `type' is 2.

* Menu:

* Listing Trust Items::           Browsing the list of available trust items.
* Information About Trust Items:: Requesting information about trust items.
* Manipulating Trust Items::      Operations on trust items.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Listing Trust Items,  Next: Information About Trust Items,  Up: Trust Item Management

7.6.1 Listing Trust Items
-------------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_trustlist_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *PATTERN, int MAX_LEVEL)
     The function `gpgme_op_trustlist_start' initiates a trust item
     listing operation inside the context CTX.  It sets everything up
     so that subsequent invocations of `gpgme_op_trustlist_next' return
     the trust items in the list.

     The string PATTERN contains an engine specific expression that is
     used to limit the list to all trust items matching the pattern.  It
     can not be the empty string.

     The argument MAX_LEVEL is currently ignored.

     The context will be busy until either all trust items are received
     (and `gpgme_op_trustlist_next' returns `GPG_ERR_EOF'), or
     `gpgme_op_trustlist_end' is called to finish the operation.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is
     not a valid pointer, and passes through any errors that are
     reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_trustlist_next (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_trust_item_t *R_ITEM)
     The function `gpgme_op_trustlist_next' returns the next trust item
     in the list created by a previous `gpgme_op_trustlist_start'
     operation in the context CTX.  The trust item can be destroyed
     with `gpgme_trust_item_release'.  *Note Manipulating Trust Items::.

     This is the only way to get at `gpgme_trust_item_t' objects in
     GPGME.

     If the last trust item in the list has already been returned,
     `gpgme_op_trustlist_next' returns `GPG_ERR_EOF'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX or
     R_ITEM is not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if there is
     not enough memory for the operation.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_trustlist_end (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_trustlist_end' ends a pending trust list
     operation in the context CTX.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is
     not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_ENOMEM' if at some time during
     the operation there was not enough memory available.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Information About Trust Items,  Next: Manipulating Trust Items,  Prev: Listing Trust Items,  Up: Trust Item Management

7.6.2 Information About Trust Items
-----------------------------------

The following interfaces are deprecated and only provided for backward
compatibility.  Don't use them.  They will be removed in a future
version of GPGME.

   Trust items have attributes which can be queried using the interfaces
below.  The attribute identifiers are shared with those for key
attributes.  *Note Information About Keys::.

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_trust_item_get_string_attr
          (gpgme_trust_item_t ITEM, gpgme_attr_t WHAT,
          const void *RESERVED, int IDX)
     The function `gpgme_trust_item_get_string_attr' returns the value
     of the string-representable attribute WHAT of trust item ITEM.
     The arguments IDX and RESERVED are reserved for later use and
     should be `0' and `NULL' respectively.

     The string returned is only valid as long as the key is valid.

     The function returns `0' if an attribute can't be returned as a
     string, KEY is not a valid pointer, IDX out of range, or RESERVED
     not `NULL'.

 -- Function: int gpgme_trust_item_get_int_attr
          (gpgme_trust_item_t ITEM, gpgme_attr_t WHAT,
          const void *RESERVED, int IDX)
     The function `gpgme_trust_item_get_int_attr' returns the value of
     the number-representable attribute WHAT of trust item ITEM.  If
     the attribute occurs more than once in the trust item, the index
     is specified by IDX.  However, currently no such attribute exists,
     so IDX should be `0'.  The argument RESERVED is reserved for later
     use and should be `NULL'.

     The function returns `0' if the attribute can't be returned as a
     number, KEY is not a valid pointer, IDX out of range, or RESERVED
     not `NULL'.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Manipulating Trust Items,  Prev: Information About Trust Items,  Up: Trust Item Management

7.6.3 Manipulating Trust Items
------------------------------

 -- Function: void gpgme_trust_item_ref (gpgme_trust_item_t ITEM)
     The function `gpgme_trust_item_ref' acquires an additional
     reference for the trust item ITEM.

 -- Function: void gpgme_trust_item_unref (gpgme_trust_item_t ITEM)
     The function `gpgme_trust_item_unref' releases a reference for the
     trust item ITEM.  If this was the last reference, the trust item
     will be destroyed and all resources associated to it will be
     released.

   The following interface is deprecated and only provided for backward
compatibility.  Don't use it.  It will be removed in a future version
of GPGME.

 -- Function: void gpgme_trust_item_release (gpgme_trust_item_t ITEM)
     The function `gpgme_trust_item_release' is an alias for
     `gpgme_trust_item_unref'.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Crypto Operations,  Next: Run Control,  Prev: Trust Item Management,  Up: Contexts

7.7 Crypto Operations
=====================

Sometimes, the result of a crypto operation returns a list of invalid
keys encountered in processing the request.  The following structure is
used to hold information about such a key.

 -- Data type: gpgme_invalid_key_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store a part of the
     result of a crypto operation which takes user IDs as one input
     parameter.  The structure contains the following members:

    `gpgme_invalid_key_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next invalid key structure in the
          linked list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `char *fpr'
          The fingerprint or key ID of the invalid key encountered.

    `gpgme_error_t reason'
          An error code describing the reason why the key was found
          invalid.

* Menu:

* Decrypt::                       Decrypting a ciphertext.
* Verify::                        Verifying a signature.
* Decrypt and Verify::            Decrypting a signed ciphertext.
* Sign::                          Creating a signature.
* Encrypt::                       Encrypting a plaintext.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Decrypt,  Next: Verify,  Up: Crypto Operations

7.7.1 Decrypt
-------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_decrypt (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t CIPHER, gpgme_data_t PLAIN)
     The function `gpgme_op_decrypt' decrypts the ciphertext in the
     data object CIPHER and stores it into the data object PLAIN.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     ciphertext could be decrypted successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, CIPHER or PLAIN is not a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if
     CIPHER does not contain any data to decrypt,
     `GPG_ERR_DECRYPT_FAILED' if CIPHER is not a valid cipher text,
     `GPG_ERR_BAD_PASSPHRASE' if the passphrase for the secret key
     could not be retrieved, and passes through any errors that are
     reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_decrypt_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t CIPHER, gpgme_data_t PLAIN)
     The function `gpgme_op_decrypt_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_decrypt' operation.  It can be completed by calling
     `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE'
     if CIPHER or PLAIN is not a valid pointer.

 -- Data type: gpgme_recipient_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store information about
     the recipient of an encrypted text which is decrypted in a
     `gpgme_op_decrypt' operation.  This information (except for the
     status field) is even available before the operation finished
     successfully, for example in a passphrase callback.  The structure
     contains the following members:

    `gpgme_recipient_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next recipient structure in the
          linked list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `gpgme_pubkey_algo_t'
          The public key algorithm used in the encryption.

    `unsigned int wrong_key_usage : 1'
          This is true if the key was not used according to its policy.

    `char *keyid'
          This is the key ID of the key (in hexadecimal digits) used as
          recipient.

    `gpgme_error_t status'
          This is an error number with the error code GPG_ERR_NO_SECKEY
          if the secret key for this recipient is not available, and 0
          otherwise.

 -- Data type: gpgme_decrypt_result_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store the result of a
     `gpgme_op_decrypt' operation.  After successfully decrypting data,
     you can retrieve the pointer to the result with
     `gpgme_op_decrypt_result'.  The structure contains the following
     members:

    `char *unsupported_algorithm'
          If an unsupported algorithm was encountered, this string
          describes the algorithm that is not supported.

    `unsigned int wrong_key_usage : 1'
          This is true if the key was not used according to its policy.

    `gpgme_recipient_t recipients'
          This is a linked list of recipients to which this message was
          encrypted.

    `char *file_name'
          This is the filename of the original plaintext message file
          if it is known, otherwise this is a null pointer.

 -- Function: gpgme_decrypt_result_t gpgme_op_decrypt_result
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_decrypt_result' returns a
     `gpgme_decrypt_result_t' pointer to a structure holding the result
     of a `gpgme_op_decrypt' operation.  The pointer is only valid if
     the last operation on the context was a `gpgme_op_decrypt' or
     `gpgme_op_decrypt_start' operation.  If the operation failed this
     might be a `NULL' pointer.  The returned pointer is only valid
     until the next operation is started on the context.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Verify,  Next: Decrypt and Verify,  Prev: Decrypt,  Up: Crypto Operations

7.7.2 Verify
------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_verify (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t SIG, gpgme_data_t SIGNED_TEXT,
          gpgme_data_t PLAIN)
     The function `gpgme_op_verify' verifies that the signature in the
     data object SIG is a valid signature.  If SIG is a detached
     signature, then the signed text should be provided in SIGNED_TEXT
     and PLAIN should be a null pointer.  Otherwise, if SIG is a normal
     (or cleartext) signature, SIGNED_TEXT should be a null pointer and
     PLAIN should be a writable data object that will contain the
     plaintext after successful verification.

     The results of the individual signature verifications can be
     retrieved with `gpgme_op_verify_result'.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be completed successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, SIG or PLAIN is not a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if SIG
     does not contain any data to verify, and passes through any errors
     that are reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_verify_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t SIG, gpgme_data_t SIGNED_TEXT,
          gpgme_data_t PLAIN)
     The function `gpgme_op_verify_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_verify'
     operation.  It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, SIG or PLAIN is not a valid pointer, and `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if
     SIG or PLAIN does not contain any data to verify.

 -- Data type: gpgme_sig_notation_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store a part of the
     result of a `gpgme_op_verify' operation.  The structure contains
     the following members:

    `gpgme_sig_notation_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next new signature notation
          structure in the linked list, or `NULL' if this is the last
          element.

    `char *name'
          The name of the notation field.  If this is `NULL', then the
          member `value' will contain a policy URL.

    `int name_len'
          The length of the `name' field.  For strings the length is
          counted without the trailing binary zero.

    `char *value'
          The value of the notation field.  If `name' is `NULL', then
          this is a policy URL.

    `int value_len'
          The length of the `value' field.  For strings the length is
          counted without the trailing binary zero.

    `gpgme_sig_notation_flags_t flags'
          The accumulated flags field.  This field contains the flags
          associated with the notation data in an accumulated form
          which can be used as an argument to the function
          `gpgme_sig_notation_add'.  The value `flags' is a bitwise-or
          combination of one or multiple of the following bit values:

         `GPGME_SIG_NOTATION_HUMAN_READABLE'
               The `GPGME_SIG_NOTATION_HUMAN_READABLE' symbol specifies
               that the notation data is in human readable form

         `GPGME_SIG_NOTATION_CRITICAL'
               The `GPGME_SIG_NOTATION_CRITICAL' symbol specifies that
               the notation data is critical.


    `unsigned int human_readable : 1'
          This is true if the `GPGME_SIG_NOTATION_HUMAN_READABLE' flag
          is set and false otherwise.  This flag is only valid for
          notation data, not for policy URLs.

    `unsigned int critical : 1'
          This is true if the `GPGME_SIG_NOTATION_CRITICAL' flag is set
          and false otherwise.  This flag is valid for notation data
          and policy URLs.


 -- Data type: gpgme_signature_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store a part of the
     result of a `gpgme_op_verify' operation.  The structure contains
     the following members:

    `gpgme_signature_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next new signature structure in the
          linked list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `gpgme_sigsum_t summary'
          This is a bit vector giving a summary of the signature
          status.  It provides an easy interface to a defined semantic
          of the signature status.  Checking just one bit is sufficient
          to see whether a signature is valid without any restrictions.

          The defined bits are:
         `GPGME_SIGSUM_VALID'
               The signature is fully valid.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_GREEN'
               The signature is good but one might want to display some
               extra   information.  Check the other bits.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_RED'
               The signature is bad. It might be useful to check other
               bits and   display more information, i.e. a revoked
               certificate might not render a   signature invalid when
               the message was received prior to the cause for   the
               revocation.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_KEY_REVOKED'
               The key or at least one certificate has been revoked.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_KEY_EXPIRED'
               The key or one of the certificates has expired. It is
               probably a good   idea to display the date of the
               expiration.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_SIG_EXPIRED'
               The signature has expired.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_KEY_MISSING'
               Can't verify due to a missing key or certificate.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_CRL_MISSING'
               The CRL (or an equivalent mechanism) is not available.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_CRL_TOO_OLD'
               Available CRL is too old.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_BAD_POLICY'
               A policy requirement was not met.

         `GPGME_SIGSUM_SYS_ERROR'
               A system error occured.

    `char *fpr'
          This is the fingerprint or key ID of the signature.

    `gpgme_error_t status'
          This is the status of the signature.  In particular, the
          following status codes are of interest:

         `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR'
               This status indicates that the signature is valid.  For
               the combined   result this status means that all
               signatures are valid.

         `GPG_ERR_SIG_EXPIRED'
               This status indicates that the signature is valid but
               expired.  For   the combined result this status means
               that all signatures are valid   and expired.

         `GPG_ERR_KEY_EXPIRED'
               This status indicates that the signature is valid but
               the key used to   verify the signature has expired.  For
               the combined result this status   means that all
               signatures are valid and all keys are expired.

         `GPG_ERR_CERT_REVOKED'
               This status indicates that the signature is valid but
               the key used   to verify the signature has been revoked.
               For the combined result   this status means that all
               signatures are valid and all keys are   revoked.

         `GPG_ERR_BAD_SIGNATURE'
               This status indicates that the signature is invalid.
               For the combined   result this status means that all
               signatures are invalid.

         `GPG_ERR_NO_PUBKEY'
               This status indicates that the signature could not be
               verified due to   a missing key.  For the combined
               result this status means that all   signatures could not
               be checked due to missing keys.

         `GPG_ERR_GENERAL'
               This status indicates that there was some other error
               which prevented   the signature verification.

    `gpgme_sig_notation_t notations'
          This is a linked list with the notation data and policy URLs.

    `unsigned long timestamp'
          The creation timestamp of this signature.

    `unsigned long exp_timestamp'
          The expiration timestamp of this signature, or 0 if the
          signature does not expire.

    `unsigned int wrong_key_usage : 1'
          This is true if the key was not used according to its policy.

    `unsigned int pka_trust : 2'
          This is set to the trust information gained by means of the
          PKA system.  Values are:
         `0'
               No PKA information available or verification not
               possible.

         `1'
               PKA verification failed.

         `2'
               PKA verification succeeded.

         `3'
               Reserved for future use.
          Depending on the configuration of the engine, this metric may
          also be reflected by the validity of the signature.

    `unsigned int chain_model : 1'
          This is true if the validity of the signature has been
          checked using the chain model.  In the chain model the time
          the signature has been created must be within the validity
          period of the certificate and the time the certificate itself
          has been created must be within the validity period of the
          issuing certificate.  In contrast the default validation model
          checks the validity of signature as well at the entire
          certificate chain at the current time.

    `gpgme_validity_t validity'
          The validity of the signature.

    `gpgme_error_t validity_reason'
          If a signature is not valid, this provides a reason why.

    `gpgme_pubkey_algo_t'
          The public key algorithm used to create this signature.

    `gpgme_hash_algo_t'
          The hash algorithm used to create this signature.

 -- Data type: gpgme_verify_result_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store the result of a
     `gpgme_op_verify' operation.  After verifying a signature, you can
     retrieve the pointer to the result with `gpgme_op_verify_result'.
     If the operation failed this might be a `NULL' pointer.  The
     structure contains the following member:

    `gpgme_signature_t signatures'
          A linked list with information about all signatures for which
          a verification was attempted.

    `char *file_name'
          This is the filename of the original plaintext message file
          if it is known, otherwise this is a null pointer.

 -- Function: gpgme_verify_result_t gpgme_op_verify_result
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_verify_result' returns a
     `gpgme_verify_result_t' pointer to a structure holding the result
     of a `gpgme_op_verify' operation.  The pointer is only valid if
     the last operation on the context was a `gpgme_op_verify',
     `gpgme_op_verify_start', `gpgme_op_decrypt_verify' or
     `gpgme_op_decrypt_verify_start' operation, and if this operation
     finished successfully (for `gpgme_op_decrypt_verify' and
     `gpgme_op_decrypt_verify_start', the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA'
     counts as successful in this context).  The returned pointer is
     only valid until the next operation is started on the context.

   The following interfaces are deprecated and only provided for
backward compatibility.  Don't use them.  They will be removed in a
future version of GPGME.

 -- Data type: enum gpgme_sig_stat_t
     The `gpgme_sig_stat_t' type holds the result of a signature check,
     or the combined result of all signatures.  The following results
     are possible:

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_NONE'
          This status should not occur in normal operation.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD'
          This status indicates that the signature is valid.  For the
          combined result this status means that all signatures are
          valid.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXP'
          This status indicates that the signature is valid but
          expired.  For the combined result this status means that all
          signatures are valid and expired.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXPKEY'
          This status indicates that the signature is valid but the key
          used to verify the signature has expired.  For the combined
          result this status means that all signatures are valid and
          all keys are expired.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_BAD'
          This status indicates that the signature is invalid.  For the
          combined result this status means that all signatures are
          invalid.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_NOKEY'
          This status indicates that the signature could not be
          verified due to a missing key.  For the combined result this
          status means that all signatures could not be checked due to
          missing keys.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_NOSIG'
          This status indicates that the signature data provided was
          not a real signature.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_ERROR'
          This status indicates that there was some other error which
          prevented the signature verification.

    `GPGME_SIG_STAT_DIFF'
          For the combined result this status means that at least two
          signatures have a different status.  You can get each key's
          status with `gpgme_get_sig_status'.

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_get_sig_status (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          int IDX, gpgme_sig_stat_t *R_STAT, time_t *R_CREATED)
     The function `gpgme_get_sig_status' is equivalent to:

            gpgme_verify_result_t result;
            gpgme_signature_t sig;

            result = gpgme_op_verify_result (ctx);
            sig = result->signatures;

            while (sig && idx)
              {
                sig = sig->next;
                idx--;
              }
            if (!sig || idx)
              return NULL;

            if (r_stat)
              {
                switch (gpg_err_code (sig->status))
                {
                case GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR:
                  *r_stat = GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD;
                  break;

                case GPG_ERR_BAD_SIGNATURE:
                  *r_stat = GPGME_SIG_STAT_BAD;
                  break;

                case GPG_ERR_NO_PUBKEY:
                  *r_stat = GPGME_SIG_STAT_NOKEY;
                  break;

                case GPG_ERR_NO_DATA:
                  *r_stat = GPGME_SIG_STAT_NOSIG;
                  break;

                case GPG_ERR_SIG_EXPIRED:
                  *r_stat = GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXP;
                  break;

                case GPG_ERR_KEY_EXPIRED:
                  *r_stat = GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXPKEY;
                  break;

                default:
                  *r_stat = GPGME_SIG_STAT_ERROR;
                  break;
                }
              }
            if (r_created)
              *r_created = sig->timestamp;
            return sig->fpr;

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_get_sig_string_attr (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          int IDX, gpgme_attr_t WHAT, int WHATIDX)
     The function `gpgme_get_sig_string_attr' is equivalent to:

            gpgme_verify_result_t result;
            gpgme_signature_t sig;

            result = gpgme_op_verify_result (ctx);
            sig = result->signatures;

            while (sig && idx)
              {
                sig = sig->next;
                idx--;
              }
            if (!sig || idx)
              return NULL;

            switch (what)
              {
              case GPGME_ATTR_FPR:
                return sig->fpr;

              case GPGME_ATTR_ERRTOK:
                if (whatidx == 1)
                  return sig->wrong_key_usage ? "Wrong_Key_Usage" : "";
                else
                return "";
              default:
                break;
              }

            return NULL;

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_get_sig_ulong_attr (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          int IDX, gpgme_attr_t WAHT, int WHATIDX)
     The function `gpgme_get_sig_ulong_attr' is equivalent to:

            gpgme_verify_result_t result;
            gpgme_signature_t sig;

            result = gpgme_op_verify_result (ctx);
            sig = result->signatures;

            while (sig && idx)
              {
                sig = sig->next;
                idx--;
              }
            if (!sig || idx)
              return 0;

            switch (what)
              {
              case GPGME_ATTR_CREATED:
                return sig->timestamp;

              case GPGME_ATTR_EXPIRE:
                return sig->exp_timestamp;

              case GPGME_ATTR_VALIDITY:
                return (unsigned long) sig->validity;

              case GPGME_ATTR_SIG_STATUS:
                switch (sig->status)
                {
                case GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR:
                  return GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD;

                case GPG_ERR_BAD_SIGNATURE:
                  return GPGME_SIG_STAT_BAD;

                case GPG_ERR_NO_PUBKEY:
                  return GPGME_SIG_STAT_NOKEY;

                case GPG_ERR_NO_DATA:
                  return GPGME_SIG_STAT_NOSIG;

                case GPG_ERR_SIG_EXPIRED:
                  return GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXP;

                case GPG_ERR_KEY_EXPIRED:
                  return GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXPKEY;

                default:
                  return GPGME_SIG_STAT_ERROR;
                }

              case GPGME_ATTR_SIG_SUMMARY:
                return sig->summary;

              default:
                break;
              }
            return 0;

 -- Function: const char * gpgme_get_sig_key (gpgme_ctx_t CTX, int IDX,
          gpgme_key_t *R_KEY)
     The function `gpgme_get_sig_key' is equivalent to:

            gpgme_verify_result_t result;
            gpgme_signature_t sig;

            result = gpgme_op_verify_result (ctx);
            sig = result->signatures;

            while (sig && idx)
              {
                sig = sig->next;
                idx--;
              }
            if (!sig || idx)
              return gpg_error (GPG_ERR_EOF);

            return gpgme_get_key (ctx, sig->fpr, r_key, 0);

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Decrypt and Verify,  Next: Sign,  Prev: Verify,  Up: Crypto Operations

7.7.3 Decrypt and Verify
------------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_decrypt_verify (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t CIPHER, gpgme_data_t PLAIN)
     The function `gpgme_op_decrypt_verify' decrypts the ciphertext in
     the data object CIPHER and stores it into the data object PLAIN.
     If CIPHER contains signatures, they will be verified.

     After the operation completed, `gpgme_op_decrypt_result' and
     `gpgme_op_verify_result' can be used to retrieve more information
     about the signatures.

     If the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' is returned, CIPHER does not
     contain any data to decrypt.  However, it might still be signed.
     The information about detected signatures is available with
     `gpgme_op_verify_result' in this case.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     ciphertext could be decrypted successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, CIPHER or PLAIN is not a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if
     CIPHER does not contain any data to decrypt,
     `GPG_ERR_DECRYPT_FAILED' if CIPHER is not a valid cipher text,
     `GPG_ERR_BAD_PASSPHRASE' if the passphrase for the secret key
     could not be retrieved, and passes through any errors that are
     reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_decrypt_verify (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t CIPHER, gpgme_data_t PLAIN)
     The function `gpgme_op_decrypt_verify_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_decrypt_verify' operation.  It can be completed by
     calling `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For
     Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, CIPHER, PLAIN or R_STAT is not a valid pointer, and
     `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if CIPHER does not contain any data to decrypt.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Sign,  Next: Encrypt,  Prev: Decrypt and Verify,  Up: Crypto Operations

7.7.4 Sign
----------

A signature can contain signatures by one or more keys.  The set of
keys used to create a signatures is contained in a context, and is
applied to all following signing operations in this context (until the
set is changed).

* Menu:

* Selecting Signers::             How to choose the keys to sign with.
* Creating a Signature::          How to create a signature.
* Signature Notation Data::       How to add notation data to a signature.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Selecting Signers,  Next: Creating a Signature,  Up: Sign

7.7.4.1 Selecting Signers
.........................

 -- Function: void gpgme_signers_clear (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_signers_clear' releases a reference for each
     key on the signers list and removes the list of signers from the
     context CTX.

     Every context starts with an empty list.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_signers_add (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const gpgme_key_t KEY)
     The function `gpgme_signers_add' adds the key KEY to the list of
     signers in the context CTX.

     Calling this function acquires an additional reference for the key.

 -- Function: gpgme_key_t gpgme_signers_enum (const gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          int SEQ)
     The function `gpgme_signers_enum' returns the SEQth key in the
     list of signers in the context CTX.  An additional reference is
     acquired for the user.

     If SEQ is out of range, `NULL' is returned.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Creating a Signature,  Next: Signature Notation Data,  Prev: Selecting Signers,  Up: Sign

7.7.4.2 Creating a Signature
............................

 -- Data type: enum gpgme_sig_mode_t
     The `gpgme_sig_mode_t' type is used to specify the desired type of
     a signature.  The following modes are available:

    `GPGME_SIG_MODE_NORMAL'
          A normal signature is made, the output includes the plaintext
          and the signature.

    `GPGME_SIG_MODE_DETACH'
          A detached signature is made.

    `GPGME_SIG_MODE_CLEAR'
          A clear text signature is made.  The ASCII armor and text
          mode settings of the context are ignored.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_sign (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t PLAIN, gpgme_data_t SIG, gpgme_sig_mode_t MODE)
     The function `gpgme_op_sign' creates a signature for the text in
     the data object PLAIN and returns it in the data object SIG.  The
     type of the signature created is determined by the ASCII armor
     (or, if that is not set, by the encoding specified for SIG), the
     text mode attributes set for the context CTX and the requested
     signature mode MODE.

     After the operation completed successfully, the result can be
     retrieved with `gpgme_op_sign_result'.

     If an S/MIME signed message is created using the CMS crypto engine,
     the number of certificates to include in the message can be
     specified with `gpgme_set_include_certs'.  *Note Included
     Certificates::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     signature could be created successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, PLAIN or SIG is not a valid pointer, `GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' if the
     signature could not be created, `GPG_ERR_BAD_PASSPHRASE' if the
     passphrase for the secret key could not be retrieved,
     `GPG_ERR_UNUSABLE_SECKEY' if there are invalid signers, and passes
     through any errors that are reported by the crypto engine support
     routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_sign_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_data_t PLAIN, gpgme_data_t SIG, gpgme_sig_mode_t MODE)
     The function `gpgme_op_sign_start' initiates a `gpgme_op_sign'
     operation.  It can be completed by calling `gpgme_wait' on the
     context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE'
     if CTX, PLAIN or SIG is not a valid pointer.

 -- Data type: gpgme_new_signature_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store a part of the
     result of a `gpgme_op_sign' operation.  The structure contains the
     following members:

    `gpgme_new_signature_t next'
          This is a pointer to the next new signature structure in the
          linked list, or `NULL' if this is the last element.

    `gpgme_sig_mode_t type'
          The type of this signature.

    `gpgme_pubkey_algo_t'
          The public key algorithm used to create this signature.

    `gpgme_hash_algo_t'
          The hash algorithm used to create this signature.

    `unsigned int sig_class'
          The signature class of this signature.

    `long int timestamp'
          The creation timestamp of this signature.

    `char *fpr'
          The fingerprint of the key which was used to create this
          signature.

 -- Data type: gpgme_sign_result_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store the result of a
     `gpgme_op_sign' operation.  After successfully generating a
     signature, you can retrieve the pointer to the result with
     `gpgme_op_sign_result'.  The structure contains the following
     members:

    `gpgme_invalid_key_t invalid_signers'
          A linked list with information about all invalid keys for
          which a signature could not be created.

    `gpgme_new_signature_t signatures'
          A linked list with information about all signatures created.

 -- Function: gpgme_sign_result_t gpgme_op_sign_result (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_sign_result' returns a
     `gpgme_sign_result_t' pointer to a structure holding the result of
     a `gpgme_op_sign' operation.  The pointer is only valid if the
     last operation on the context was a `gpgme_op_sign',
     `gpgme_op_sign_start', `gpgme_op_encrypt_sign' or
     `gpgme_op_encrypt_sign_start' operation.  If that operation
     failed, the function might return a `NULL' pointer. The returned
     pointer is only valid until the next operation is started on the
     context.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Signature Notation Data,  Prev: Creating a Signature,  Up: Sign

7.7.4.3 Signature Notation Data
...............................

Using the following functions, you can attach arbitrary notation data
to a signature.  This information is then available to the user when
the signature is verified.

 -- Function: void gpgme_sig_notation_clear (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_sig_notation_clear' removes the notation data
     from the context CTX.  Subsequent signing operations from this
     context will not include any notation data.

     Every context starts with an empty notation data list.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_sig_notation_add (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          const char *NAME, const char *VALUE,
          gpgme_sig_notation_flags_t FLAGS)
     The function `gpgme_sig_notation_add' adds the notation data with
     the name NAME and the value VALUE to the context CTX.

     Subsequent signing operations will include this notation data, as
     well as any other notation data that was added since the creation
     of the context or the last `gpgme_sig_notation_clear' operation.

     The arguments NAME and VALUE must be `NUL'-terminated strings in
     human-readable form.  The flag `GPGME_SIG_NOTATION_HUMAN_READABLE'
     is implied (non-human-readable notation data is currently not
     supported).  The strings must be in UTF-8 encoding.

     If NAME is `NULL', then VALUE should be a policy URL.

     The function `gpgme_sig_notation_add' returns the error code
     `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the notation data could be added
     successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if CTX is not a valid pointer,
     or if NAME, VALUE and FLAGS are an invalid combination.  The
     function also passes through any errors that are reported by the
     crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_sig_notation_t gpgme_sig_notation_get
          (const gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_sig_notation_get' returns the linked list of
     notation data structures that are contained in the context CTX.

     If CTX is not a valid pointer, or there is no notation data added
     for this context, `NULL' is returned.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Encrypt,  Prev: Sign,  Up: Crypto Operations

7.7.5 Encrypt
-------------

One plaintext can be encrypted for several recipients at the same time.
The list of recipients is created independently of any context, and
then passed to the encryption operation.

* Menu:

* Encrypting a Plaintext::        How to encrypt a plaintext.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Encrypting a Plaintext,  Up: Encrypt

7.7.5.1 Encrypting a Plaintext
..............................

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_encrypt (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t RECP[], gpgme_encrypt_flags_t FLAGS,
          gpgme_data_t PLAIN, gpgme_data_t CIPHER)
     The function `gpgme_op_encrypt' encrypts the plaintext in the data
     object PLAIN for the recipients RECP and stores the ciphertext in
     the data object CIPHER.  The type of the ciphertext created is
     determined by the ASCII armor (or, if that is not set, by the
     encoding specified for CIPHER) and the text mode attributes set
     for the context CTX.

     KEY must be a `NULL'-terminated array of keys.  The user must keep
     references for all keys during the whole duration of the call (but
     see `gpgme_op_encrypt_start' for the requirements with the
     asynchronous variant).

     The value in FLAGS is a bitwise-or combination of one or multiple
     of the following bit values:

    `GPGME_ENCRYPT_ALWAYS_TRUST'
          The `GPGME_ENCRYPT_ALWAYS_TRUST' symbol specifies that all the
          recipients in RECP should be trusted, even if the keys do not
          have a high enough validity in the keyring.  This flag should
          be used with care; in general it is not a good idea to use
          any untrusted keys.

    `GPGME_ENCRYPT_NO_ENCRYPT_TO'
          The `GPGME_ENCRYPT_NO_ENCRYPT_TO' symbol specifies that no
          default or hidden default recipients as configured in the
          crypto backend should be included.  This can be useful for
          managing different user profiles.

     If `GPG_ERR_UNUSABLE_PUBKEY' is returned, some recipients in RECP
     are invalid, but not all.  In this case the plaintext might be
     encrypted for all valid recipients and returned in CIPHER (if this
     happens depends on the crypto engine).  More information about the
     invalid recipients is available with `gpgme_op_encrypt_result'.

     If RECP is `NULL', symmetric rather than public key encryption is
     performed.  Symmetrically encrypted cipher text can be deciphered
     with `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 the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     ciphertext could be created successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, RECP, PLAIN or CIPHER is not a valid pointer,
     `GPG_ERR_UNUSABLE_PUBKEY' if RECP contains some invalid
     recipients, `GPG_ERR_BAD_PASSPHRASE' if the passphrase for the
     symmetric key could not be retrieved, and passes through any
     errors that are reported by the crypto engine support routines.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_encrypt_start (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t RECP[], gpgme_encrypt_flags_t FLAGS,
          gpgme_data_t PLAIN, gpgme_data_t CIPHER)
     The function `gpgme_op_encrypt_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_encrypt' operation.  It can be completed by calling
     `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     References to the keys only need to be held for the duration of
     this call.  The user can release its references to the keys after
     this function returns, even if the operation is not yet finished.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE' if
     CTX, RSET, PLAIN or CIPHER is not a valid pointer, and
     `GPG_ERR_UNUSABLE_PUBKEY' if RSET does not contain any valid
     recipients.

 -- Data type: gpgme_encrypt_result_t
     This is a pointer to a structure used to store the result of a
     `gpgme_op_encrypt' operation.  After successfully encrypting data,
     you can retrieve the pointer to the result with
     `gpgme_op_encrypt_result'.  The structure contains the following
     members:

    `gpgme_invalid_key_t invalid_recipients'
          A linked list with information about all invalid keys for
          which the data could not be encrypted.

 -- Function: gpgme_encrypt_result_t gpgme_op_encrypt_result
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_op_encrypt_result' returns a
     `gpgme_encrypt_result_t' pointer to a structure holding the result
     of a `gpgme_op_encrypt' operation.  The pointer is only valid if
     the last operation on the context was a `gpgme_op_encrypt',
     `gpgme_op_encrypt_start', `gpgme_op_sign' or `gpgme_op_sign_start'
     operation.  If this operation failed, this might be a `NULL'
     pointer.  The returned pointer is only valid until the next
     operation is started on the context.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_encrypt_sign (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_key_t RECP[], gpgme_encrypt_flags_t FLAGS,
          gpgme_data_t PLAIN, gpgme_data_t CIPHER)
     The function `gpgme_op_encrypt_sign' does a combined encrypt and
     sign operation.  It is used like `gpgme_op_encrypt', but the
     ciphertext also contains signatures for the signers listed in CTX.

     The combined encrypt and sign operation is currently only available
     for the OpenPGP crypto engine.

 -- Function: gpgme_error_t gpgme_op_encrypt_sign_start
          (gpgme_ctx_t CTX, gpgme_key_t RECP,
          gpgme_encrypt_flags_t FLAGS, gpgme_data_t PLAIN,
          gpgme_data_t CIPHER)
     The function `gpgme_op_encrypt_sign_start' initiates a
     `gpgme_op_encrypt_sign' operation.  It can be completed by calling
     `gpgme_wait' on the context.  *Note Waiting For Completion::.

     The function returns the error code `GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR' if the
     operation could be started successfully, and `GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE'
     if CTX, RSET, PLAIN or CIPHER is not a valid pointer.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Run Control,  Prev: Crypto Operations,  Up: Contexts

7.8 Run Control
===============

GPGME supports running operations synchronously and asynchronously.
You can use asynchronous operation to set up a context up to initiating
the desired operation, but delay performing it to a later point.

   Furthermore, you can use an external event loop to control exactly
when GPGME runs.  This ensures that GPGME only runs when necessary and
also prevents it from blocking for a long time.

* Menu:

* Waiting For Completion::        Waiting until an operation is completed.
* Using External Event Loops::    Advanced control over what happens when.
* Cancellation::                  How to end pending operations prematurely.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Waiting For Completion,  Next: Using External Event Loops,  Up: Run Control

7.8.1 Waiting For Completion
----------------------------

 -- Function: gpgme_ctx_t gpgme_wait (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          gpgme_error_t *STATUS, int HANG)
     The function `gpgme_wait' continues the pending operation within
     the context CTX.  In particular, it ensures the data exchange
     between GPGME and the crypto backend and watches over the run time
     status of the backend process.

     If HANG is true, the function does not return until the operation
     is completed or cancelled.  Otherwise the function will not block
     for a long time.

     The error status of the finished operation is returned in STATUS
     if `gpgme_wait' does not return `NULL'.

     The CTX argument can be `NULL'.  In that case, `gpgme_wait' waits
     for any context to complete its operation.

     `gpgme_wait' can be used only in conjunction with any context that
     has a pending operation initiated with one of the
     `gpgme_op_*_start' functions except `gpgme_op_keylist_start' and
     `gpgme_op_trustlist_start' (for which you should use the
     corresponding `gpgme_op_*_next' functions).  If CTX is `NULL', all
     of such contexts are waited upon and possibly returned.
     Synchronous operations running in parallel, as well as key and
     trust item list operations, do not affect `gpgme_wait'.

     In a multi-threaded environment, only one thread should ever call
     `gpgme_wait' at any time, irregardless if CTX is specified or not.
     This means that all calls to this function should be fully
     synchronized by locking primitives.  It is safe to start
     asynchronous operations while a thread is running in `gpgme_wait'.

     The function returns the CTX of the context which has finished the
     operation.  If HANG is false, and the timeout expires, `NULL' is
     returned and `*status' will be set to 0.  If an error occurs,
     `NULL' is returned and the error is returned in `*status'.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Using External Event Loops,  Next: Cancellation,  Prev: Waiting For Completion,  Up: Run Control

7.8.2 Using External Event Loops
--------------------------------

GPGME hides the complexity of the communication between the library and
the crypto engine.  The price of this convenience is that the calling
thread can block arbitrary long waiting for the data returned by the
crypto engine.  In single-threaded programs, in particular if they are
interactive, this is an unwanted side-effect.  OTOH, if `gpgme_wait' is
used without the HANG option being enabled, it might be called
unnecessarily often, wasting CPU time that could be used otherwise.

   The I/O callback interface described in this section lets the user
take control over what happens when.  GPGME will provide the user with
the file descriptors that should be monitored, and the callback
functions that should be invoked when a file descriptor is ready for
reading or writing.  It is then the user's responsibility to decide
when to check the file descriptors and when to invoke the callback
functions.  Usually this is done in an event loop, that also checks for
events in other parts of the program.  If the callback functions are
only called when the file descriptors are ready, GPGME will never
block.  This gives the user more control over the program flow, and
allows to perform other tasks when GPGME would block otherwise.

   By using this advanced mechanism, GPGME can be integrated smoothly
into GUI toolkits like GTK+ even for single-threaded programs.

* Menu:

* I/O Callback Interface::        How I/O callbacks are registered.
* Registering I/O Callbacks::     How to use I/O callbacks for a context.
* I/O Callback Example::          An example how to use I/O callbacks.
* I/O Callback Example GTK+::     How to use GPGME with GTK+.
* I/O Callback Example GDK::      How to use GPGME with GDK.
* I/O Callback Example Qt::       How to use GPGME with Qt.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: I/O Callback Interface,  Next: Registering I/O Callbacks,  Up: Using External Event Loops

7.8.2.1 I/O Callback Interface
..............................

 -- Data type: gpgme_error_t (*gpgme_io_cb_t) (void *DATA, int FD)
     The `gpgme_io_cb_t' type is the type of functions which GPGME
     wants to register as I/O callback handlers using the
     `gpgme_register_io_cb_t' functions provided by the user.

     DATA and FD are provided by GPGME when the I/O callback handler is
     registered, and should be passed through to the handler when it is
     invoked by the user because it noticed activity on the file
     descriptor FD.

     The callback handler always returns `0', but you should consider
     the return value to be reserved for later use.

 -- Data type: gpgme_error_t (*gpgme_register_io_cb_t) (void *DATA,
int FD, int DIR, gpgme_io_cb_t FNC, void *FNC_DATA, void **TAG)
     The `gpgme_register_io_cb_t' type is the type of functions which
     can be called by GPGME to register an I/O callback function FNC
     for the file descriptor FD with the user.  FNC_DATA should be
     passed as the first argument to FNC when the handler is invoked
     (the second argument should be FD).  If DIR is 0, FNC should be
     called by the user when FD is ready for writing.  If DIR is 1, FNC
     should be called when FD is ready for reading.

     DATA was provided by the user when registering the
     `gpgme_register_io_cb_t' function with GPGME and will always be
     passed as the first argument when registering a callback function.
     For example, the user can use this to determine the event loop to
     which the file descriptor should be added.

     GPGME will call this function when a crypto operation is initiated
     in a context for which the user has registered I/O callback
     handler functions with `gpgme_set_io_cbs'.  It can also call this
     function when it is in an I/O callback handler for a file
     descriptor associated to this context.

     The user should return a unique handle in TAG identifying this I/O
     callback registration, which will be passed to the
     `gpgme_register_io_cb_t' function without interpretation when the
     file descriptor should not be monitored anymore.

 -- Data type: void (*gpgme_remove_io_cb_t) (void *TAG)
     The `gpgme_remove_io_cb_t' type is the type of functions which can
     be called by GPGME to remove an I/O callback handler that was
     registered before.  TAG is the handle that was returned by the
     `gpgme_register_io_cb_t' for this I/O callback.

     GPGME can call this function when a crypto operation is in an I/O
     callback.  It will also call this function when the context is
     destroyed while an operation is pending.

 -- Data type: enum gpgme_event_io_t
     The `gpgme_event_io_t' type specifies the type of an event that is
     reported to the user by GPGME as a consequence of an I/O
     operation.  The following events are defined:

    `GPGME_EVENT_START'
          The operation is fully initialized now, and you can start to
          run the registered I/O callback handlers now.  Note that
          registered I/O callback handlers must not be run before this
          event is signalled.  TYPE_DATA is `NULL' and reserved for
          later use.

    `GPGME_EVENT_DONE'
          The operation is finished, the last I/O callback for this
          operation was removed.  The accompanying TYPE_DATA points to a
          `gpgme_error_t' variable that contains the status of the
          operation that finished.  This event is signalled after the
          last I/O callback has been removed.

    `GPGME_EVENT_NEXT_KEY'
          In a `gpgme_op_keylist_start' operation, the next key was
          received from the crypto engine.  The accompanying TYPE_DATA
          is a `gpgme_key_t' variable that contains the key with one
          reference for the user.

    `GPGME_EVENT_NEXT_TRUSTITEM'
          In a `gpgme_op_trustlist_start' operation, the next trust item
          was received from the crypto engine.  The accompanying
          TYPE_DATA is a `gpgme_trust_item_t' variable that contains
          the trust item with one reference for the user.

 -- Data type: void (*gpgme_event_io_cb_t) (void *DATA,
gpgme_event_io_t TYPE, void *TYPE_DATA)
     The `gpgme_event_io_cb_t' type is the type of functions which can
     be called by GPGME to signal an event for an operation running in
     a context which has I/O callback functions registered by the user.

     DATA was provided by the user when registering the
     `gpgme_event_io_cb_t' function with GPGME and will always be
     passed as the first argument when registering a callback function.
     For example, the user can use this to determine the context in
     which this event has occured.

     TYPE will specify the type of event that has occured.  TYPE_DATA
     specifies the event further, as described in the above list of
     possible `gpgme_event_io_t' types.

     GPGME can call this function in an I/O callback handler.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Registering I/O Callbacks,  Next: I/O Callback Example,  Prev: I/O Callback Interface,  Up: Using External Event Loops

7.8.2.2 Registering I/O Callbacks
.................................

 -- Data type: struct gpgme_io_cb_ts
     This structure is used to store the I/O callback interface
     functions described in the previous section.  It has the following
     members:

    `gpgme_register_io_cb_t add'
          This is the function called by GPGME to register an I/O
          callback handler.  It must be specified.

    `void *add_data'
          This is passed as the first argument to the `add' function
          when it is called by GPGME.  For example, it can be used to
          determine the event loop to which the file descriptor should
          be added.

    `gpgme_remove_io_cb_t remove'
          This is the function called by GPGME to remove an I/O
          callback handler.  It must be specified.

    `gpgme_event_io_cb_t event'
          This is the function called by GPGME to signal an event for
          an operation.  It must be specified, because at least the
          start event must be processed.

    `void *event_data'
          This is passed as the first argument to the `event' function
          when it is called by GPGME.  For example, it can be used to
          determine the context in which the event has occured.

 -- Function: void gpgme_set_io_cbs (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          struct gpgme_io_cb_ts *IO_CBS)
     The function `gpgme_set_io_cbs' enables the I/O callback interface
     for the context CTX.  The I/O callback functions are specified by
     IO_CBS.

     If IO_CBS->`add' is `NULL', the I/O callback interface is disabled
     for the context, and normal operation is restored.

 -- Function: void gpgme_get_io_cbs (gpgme_ctx_t CTX,
          struct gpgme_io_cb_ts *IO_CBS)
     The function `gpgme_get_io_cbs' returns the I/O callback functions
     set with `gpgme_set_io_cbs' in IO_CBS.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: I/O Callback Example,  Next: I/O Callback Example GTK+,  Prev: Registering I/O Callbacks,  Up: Using External Event Loops

7.8.2.3 I/O Callback Example
............................

To actually use an external event loop, you have to implement the I/O
callback functions that are used by GPGME to register and unregister
file descriptors.  Furthermore, you have to actually monitor these file
descriptors for activity and call the appropriate I/O callbacks.

   The following example illustrates how to do that.  The example uses
locking to show in which way the callbacks and the event loop can run
concurrently.  For the event loop, we use a fixed array.  For a
real-world implementation, you should use a dynamically sized structure
because the number of file descriptors needed for a crypto operation in
GPGME is not predictable.

     #include <assert.h>
     #include <errno.h>
     #include <stdlib.h>
     #include <pthread.h>
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <gpgme.h>

     /* The following structure holds the result of a crypto operation.  */
     struct op_result
     {
       int done;
       gpgme_error_t err;
     };

     /* The following structure holds the data associated with one I/O
     callback.  */
     struct one_fd
     {
       int fd;
       int dir;
       gpgme_io_cb_t fnc;
       void *fnc_data;
       void *loop;
     };

     struct event_loop
     {
       pthread_mutex_t lock;
     #define MAX_FDS 32
       /* Unused slots are marked with FD being -1.  */
       struct one_fd fds[MAX_FDS];
     };

   The following functions implement the I/O callback interface.

     gpgme_error_t
     add_io_cb (void *data, int fd, int dir, gpgme_io_cb_t fnc, void *fnc_data,
           void **r_tag)
     {
       struct event_loop *loop = data;
       struct one_fd *fds = loop->fds;
       int i;

       pthread_mutex_lock (&loop->lock);
       for (i = 0; i < MAX_FDS; i++)
         {
           if (fds[i].fd == -1)
        {
          fds[i].fd = fd;
          fds[i].dir = dir;
          fds[i].fnc = fnc;
          fds[i].fnc_data = fnc_data;
          fds[i].loop = loop;
          break;
        }
         }
       pthread_mutex_unlock (&loop->lock);
       if (i == MAX_FDS)
         return gpg_error (GPG_ERR_GENERAL);
       *r_tag = &fds[i];
       return 0;
     }

     void
     remove_io_cb (void *tag)
     {
       struct one_fd *fd = tag;
       struct event_loop *loop = fd->loop;

       pthread_mutex_lock (&loop->lock);
       fd->fd = -1;
       pthread_mutex_unlock (&loop->lock);
     }

     void
     event_io_cb (void *data, gpgme_event_io_t type, void *type_data)
     {
       struct op_result *result = data;

       /* We don't support list operations here.  */
       if (type == GPGME_EVENT_DONE)
         {
           result->done = 1;
           result->err = *type_data;
         }
     }

   The final missing piece is the event loop, which will be presented
next.  We only support waiting for the success of a single operation.

     int
     do_select (struct event_loop *loop)
     {
       fd_set rfds;
       fd_set wfds;
       int i, n;
       int any = 0;
       struct one_fd *fdlist = loop->fds;

       pthread_mutex_lock (&loop->lock);
       FD_ZERO (&rfds);
       FD_ZERO (&wfds);
       for (i = 0; i < MAX_FDS; i++)
         if (fdlist[i].fd != -1)
           FD_SET (fdlist[i].fd, fdlist[i].dir ? &rfds : &wfds);
       pthread_mutex_unlock (&loop->unlock);

       do
         {
           n = select (FD_SETSIZE, &rfds, &wfds, NULL, 0);
         }
       while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);

       if (n < 0)
         return n;      /* Error or timeout.  */

       pthread_mutex_lock (&loop->lock);
       for (i = 0; i < MAX_FDS && n; i++)
         {
           if (fdlist[i].fd != -1)
        {
          if (FD_ISSET (fdlist[i].fd, fdlist[i].dir ? &rfds : &wfds))
            {
              assert (n);
              n--;
              any = 1;
                   /* The I/O callback handler can register/remove callbacks,
                      so we have to unlock the file descriptor list.  */
                   pthread_mutex_unlock (&loop->lock);
              (*fdlist[i].fnc) (fdlist[i].fnc_data, fdlist[i].fd);
                   pthread_mutex_lock (&loop->lock);
            }
        }
         }
       pthread_mutex_unlock (&loop->lock);
       return any;
     }

     void
     wait_for_op (struct event_loop *loop, struct op_result *result)
     {
       int ret;

       do
         {
           ret = do_select (loop);
         }
       while (ret >= 0 && !result->done);
     }

   The main function shows how to put it all together.

     int
     main (int argc, char *argv[])
     {
       struct event_loop loop;
       struct op_result result;
       gpgme_ctx_t ctx;
       gpgme_error_t err;
       gpgme_data_t sig, text;
       int i;
       struct gpgme_io_cb_ts io_cbs =
       {
         add_io_cb,
         &loop,
         remove_io_cb,
         event_io_cb,
         &result
       };

       init_gpgme (void);

       /* Initialize the loop structure.  */
       pthread_mutex_init (&loop.lock, NULL);
       for (i = 0; i < MAX_FDS; i++)
         loop->fds[i].fd = -1;

       /* Initialize the result structure.  */
       result.done = 0;

       err = gpgme_data_new_from_file (&sig, "signature", 1);
       if (!err)
         err = gpgme_data_new_from_file (&text, "text", 1);
       if (!err)
         err = gpgme_new (&ctx);
       if (!err)
         {
            gpgme_set_io_cbs (ctx, &io_cbs);
            err = gpgme_op_verify_start (ctx, sig, text, NULL);
         }
       if (err)
         {
           fprintf (stderr, "gpgme error: %s: %s\n",
                    gpgme_strsource (err), gpgme_strerror (err));
           exit (1);
         }

       wait_for_op (&loop, &result);
       if (!result.done)
         {
           fprintf (stderr, "select error\n");
           exit (1);
         }
       if (!result.err)
         {
           fprintf (stderr, "verification failed: %s: %s\n",
                    gpgme_strsource (result.err), gpgme_strerror (result.err));
           exit (1);
         }
       /* Evaluate verify result.  */
       ...
       return 0;
     }

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: I/O Callback Example GTK+,  Next: I/O Callback Example GDK,  Prev: I/O Callback Example,  Up: Using External Event Loops

7.8.2.4 I/O Callback Example GTK+
.................................

The I/O callback interface can be used to integrate GPGME with the GTK+
event loop.  The following code snippets shows how this can be done
using the appropriate register and remove I/O callback functions.  In
this example, the private data of the register I/O callback function is
unused.  The event notifications is missing because it does not require
any GTK+ specific setup.

     #include <gtk/gtk.h>

     struct my_gpgme_io_cb
     {
       gpgme_io_cb_t fnc;
       void *fnc_data;
       guint input_handler_id
     };

     void
     my_gpgme_io_cb (gpointer data, gint source, GdkInputCondition condition)
     {
       struct my_gpgme_io_cb *iocb = data;
       (*(iocb->fnc)) (iocb->data, source);
     }

     void
     my_gpgme_remove_io_cb (void *data)
     {
       struct my_gpgme_io_cb *iocb = data;
       gtk_input_remove (data->input_handler_id);
     }

     void
     my_gpgme_register_io_callback (void *data, int fd, int dir, gpgme_io_cb_t fnc,
                                    void *fnc_data, void **tag)
     {
       struct my_gpgme_io_cb *iocb = g_malloc (sizeof (struct my_gpgme_io_cb));
       iocb->fnc = fnc;
       iocb->data = fnc_data;
       iocb->input_handler_id = gtk_input_add_full (fd, dir
                                                        ? GDK_INPUT_READ
                                                        : GDK_INPUT_WRITE,
                                                    my_gpgme_io_callback,
                                                    0, iocb, NULL);
       *tag = iocb;
       return 0;
     }

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: I/O Callback Example GDK,  Next: I/O Callback Example Qt,  Prev: I/O Callback Example GTK+,  Up: Using External Event Loops

7.8.2.5 I/O Callback Example GDK
................................

The I/O callback interface can also be used to integrate GPGME with the
GDK event loop.  The following code snippets shows how this can be done
using the appropriate register and remove I/O callback functions.  In
this example, the private data of the register I/O callback function is
unused.  The event notifications is missing because it does not require
any GDK specific setup.

   It is very similar to the GTK+ example in the previous section.

     #include <gdk/gdk.h>

     struct my_gpgme_io_cb
     {
       gpgme_io_cb_t fnc;
       void *fnc_data;
       gint tag;
     };

     void
     my_gpgme_io_cb (gpointer data, gint source, GdkInputCondition condition)
     {
       struct my_gpgme_io_cb *iocb = data;
       (*(iocb->fnc)) (iocb->data, source);
     }

     void
     my_gpgme_remove_io_cb (void *data)
     {
       struct my_gpgme_io_cb *iocb = data;
       gdk_input_remove (data->tag);
     }

     void
     my_gpgme_register_io_callback (void *data, int fd, int dir, gpgme_io_cb_t fnc,
                                    void *fnc_data, void **tag)
     {
       struct my_gpgme_io_cb *iocb = g_malloc (sizeof (struct my_gpgme_io_cb));
       iocb->fnc = fnc;
       iocb->data = fnc_data;
       iocb->tag = gtk_input_add_full (fd, dir ? GDK_INPUT_READ : GDK_INPUT_WRITE,
                                       my_gpgme_io_callback, iocb, NULL);
       *tag = iocb;
       return 0;
     }

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: I/O Callback Example Qt,  Prev: I/O Callback Example GDK,  Up: Using External Event Loops

7.8.2.6 I/O Callback Example Qt
...............................

The I/O callback interface can also be used to integrate GPGME with the
Qt event loop.  The following code snippets show how this can be done
using the appropriate register and remove I/O callback functions.  In
this example, the private data of the register I/O callback function is
unused.  The event notifications is missing because it does not require
any Qt specific setup.

     #include <qsocketnotifier.h>
     #include <qapplication.h>

     struct IOCB {
       IOCB( GpgmeIOCb f, void * d, QSocketNotifier * n )
         : func( f ), data( d ), notifier( n ) {}
       GpgmeIOCb func;
       void * data;
       QSocketNotifier * notifier;
     }

     class MyApp : public QApplication {

       // ...

       static void registerGpgmeIOCallback( void * data, int fd, int dir,
                                            GpgmeIOCb func, void * func_data,
                                            void ** tag ) {
         QSocketNotifier * n =
           new QSocketNotifier( fd, dir ? QSocketNotifier::Read
                                        : QSocketNotifier::Write );
         connect( n, SIGNAL(activated(int)),
                  qApp, SLOT(slotGpgmeIOCallback(int)) );
         qApp->mIOCBs.push_back( IOCB( func, func_data, n ) );
         *tag = (void*)n;
       }

       static void removeGpgmeIOCallback( void * tag ) {
         if ( !tag ) return;
         QSocketNotifier * n = static_cast<QSocketNotifier*>( tag );
         for ( QValueList<IOCB>::iterator it = qApp->mIOCBs.begin() ;
               it != qApp->mIOCBs.end() ; ++it )
           if ( it->notifier == n ) {
             delete it->notifier;
             qApp->mIOCBs.erase( it );
             return;
           }
       }

     public slots:
       void slotGpgmeIOCallback( int fd ) {
         for ( QValueList<IOCB>::const_iterator it = mIOCBs.begin() ;
               it != mIOCBs.end() ; ++it )
           if ( it->notifier && it->notifier->socket() == fd )
             (*(it->func)) ( it->func_data, fd );
       }

       // ...

     private:
       QValueList<IOCB> mIOCBs;
       // ...
     };

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: Cancellation,  Prev: Using External Event Loops,  Up: Run Control

7.8.3 Cancellation
------------------

Sometimes you do not want to wait for an operation to finish.  GPGME
provides two different functions to achieve that.  The function
`gpgme_cancel' takes effect immediately.  When it returns, the
operation is effectively canceled.  However, it has some limitations
and can not be used with synchronous operations.  In contrast, the
function `gpgme_cancel_async' can be used with any context and from any
thread, but it is not guaranteed to take effect immediately.  Instead,
cancellation occurs at the next possible time (typically the next time
I/O occurs in the target context).

 -- Function: gpgme_ctx_t gpgme_cancel (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_cancel' attempts to cancel a pending operation
     in the context CTX.  This only works if you use the global event
     loop or your own event loop.

     If you use the global event loop, you must not call `gpgme_wait'
     or `gpgme_wait' during cancellation.  After successful
     cancellation, you can call `gpgme_wait' (optionally waiting on
     CTX), and the context CTX will appear as if it had finished with
     the error code `GPG_ERR_CANCEL'.

     If you use your an external event loop, you must ensure that no I/O
     callbacks are invoked for this context (for example by halting the
     event loop).  On successful cancellation, all registered I/O
     callbacks for this context will be unregistered, and a
     `GPGME_EVENT_DONE' event with the error code `GPG_ERR_CANCEL' will
     be signaled.

     The function returns an error code if the cancellation failed (in
     this case the state of CTX is not modified).

 -- Function: gpgme_ctx_t gpgme_cancel_async (gpgme_ctx_t CTX)
     The function `gpgme_cancel' attempts to cancel a pending operation
     in the context CTX.  This can be called by any thread at any time
     after starting an operation on the context, but will not take
     effect immediately.  The actual cancellation happens at the next
     time GPGME processes I/O in that context.

     The function returns an error code if the cancellation failed (in
     this case the state of CTX is not modified).

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Protocol,  Next: Library Copying,  Prev: Contexts,  Up: Top

Appendix A The GnuPG UI Server Protocol
***************************************

This section specifies the protocol used between clients and a User
Interface Server (UI server).  This protocol helps to build a system
where all cryptographic operations are done by a server and the server
is responsible for all dialogs.  Although GPGME has no direct support
for this protocol it is believed that servers will utilize the GPGME
library; thus having the specification included in this manual is an
appropriate choice.  This protocol should be referenced as `The GnuPG
UI Server Protocol'.

A server needs to implement these commands:(1)

* Menu:

* UI Server Encrypt::                Encrypt a message.
* UI Server Sign::                   Sign a message.
* UI Server Decrypt::                Decrypt a message.
* UI Server Verify::                 Verify a message.
* UI Server Set Input Files::        Specifying the input files to operate on.
* UI Server Sign/Encrypt Files::     Encrypting and signing files.
* UI Server Verify/Decrypt Files::   Decrypting and verifying files.
* UI Server Import/Export Keys::     Managing certificates.
* UI Server Checksum Files::         Create and verify checksums for files.
* Miscellaneous UI Server Commands::   Commands not related to a specific operation.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) In all examples we assume that the connection has already been
established; see the Assuan manual for details.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Encrypt,  Next: UI Server Sign,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.1 UI Server: Encrypt a Message
================================

Before encryption can be done the recipients must be set using the
command:

 -- Command: RECIPIENT STRING
     Set the recipient for the encryption.  STRING is an RFC-2822
     recipient name ("mailbox" as per section 3.4).  This command may
     or may not check the recipient for validity right away; if it does
     not all recipients are expected to be checked at the time of the
     `ENCRYPT' command.  All `RECIPIENT' commands are cumulative until a
     successful `ENCRYPT' command or until a `RESET' command.
     Linefeeds are obviously not allowed in STRING and should be folded
     into spaces (which are equivalent).

To tell the server the source and destination of the data, the next two
commands are to be used:

 -- Command: INPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor for the message to be encrypted to N.  The
     message send to the server is binary encoded.

     GpgOL is a Windows only program, thus N is not a libc file
     descriptor but a regular system handle.  Given that the Assuan
     connection works over a socket, it is not possible to use regular
     inheritance to make the file descriptor available to the server.
     Thus `DuplicateHandle' needs to be used to duplicate a handle to
     the server process.  This is the reason that the server needs to
     implement the `GETINFO pid' command.  Sending this command a second
     time replaces the file descriptor set by the last one.

 -- Command: OUTPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor to be used for the output (i.e. the
     encrypted message) to N.  For OpenPGP, the output needs to be
     ASCII armored; for CMS, the output needs to be Base-64 encoded.
     For details on the file descriptor, see the `INPUT' command.

The setting of the recipients, the data source and destination may
happen in any order, even intermixed.  If this has been done the actual
encryption operation is called using:

 -- Command: ENCRYPT --protocol=NAME
     This command reads the plaintext from the file descriptor set by
     the `INPUT' command, encrypts it and writes the ciphertext to the
     file descriptor set by the `OUTPUT' command.  The server may (and
     should) overlap reading and writing.  The recipients used for the
     encryption are all the recipients set so far.  If any recipient is
     not usable the server should take appropriate measures to notify
     the user about the problem and may cancel the operation by
     returning an error code.  The used file descriptors are void after
     this command; the recipient list is only cleared if the server
     returns success.

     Because GpgOL uses a streaming mode of operation the server is not
     allowed to auto select the protocol and must obey to the mandatory
     PROTOCOL parameter:

    `OpenPGP'
          Use the OpenPGP protocol (RFC-2440).

    `CMS'
          Use the CMS (PKCS#7) protocol (RFC-3852).


   To support automagically selection of the protocol depending on the
selected keys, the server MAY implement the command:

 -- Command: PREP_ENCRYPT [--protocol=NAME] [--expect-sign]
     This commands considers all recipients set so far and decides
     whether it is able to take input and start the actual encryption.
     This is kind of a dry-run `ENCRYPT' without requiring or using the
     input and output file descriptors.  The server shall cache the
     result of any user selection to avoid asking this again when the
     actual `ENCRYPT' command is send.  The `--protocol' option is
     optional; if it is not given, the server should allow the user to
     select the protocol to be used based on the recipients given or by
     any other means.

     If `--expect-sign' is given the server should expect that the
     message will also be signed and use this hint to present a unified
     recipient and signer selection dialog if possible and desired.  A
     selected signer should then be cached for the expected SIGN command
     (which is expected in the same session but possible on another
     connection).

     If this command is given again before a successful `ENCRYPT'
     command, the second one takes effect.

     Before sending the OK response the server shall tell the client the
     protocol to be used (either the one given by the argument or the
     one selected by the user) by means of a status line:

 -- Status line: PROTOCOL NAME
     Advise the client to use the protocol NAME for the `ENCRYPT'
     command.  The valid protocol names are listed under the
     description of the `ENCRYPT' command.  The server shall emit
     exactly one PROTOCOL status line.

Here is an example of a complete encryption sequence; client lines are
indicated by a C:, server responses by C::

       C:  RESET
       S:  OK
       C:  RECIPIENT foo@example.net
       S:  OK
       C:  RECIPIENT bar@example.com
       S:  OK
       C:  PREP_ENCRYPT
       S:  S PROTOCOL OpenPGP
       S:  OK
       C:  INPUT FD=17
       S:  OK
       C:  OUTPUT FD=18
       S:  OK
       C:  ENCRYPT
       S:  OK

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Sign,  Next: UI Server Decrypt,  Prev: UI Server Encrypt,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.2 UI Server: Sign a Message
=============================

The server needs to implement opaque signing as well as detached
signing.  Due to the nature of OpenPGP messages it is always required to
send the entire message to the server; sending just the hash is not
possible.  The following two commands are required to set the input and
output file descriptors:

 -- Command: INPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor for the message to be signed to N.  The
     message send to the server is binary encoded.  For details on the
     file descriptor, see the description of `INPUT' in the `ENCRYPT'
     section.

 -- Command: OUTPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor to be used for the output.  The output is
     either the complete signed message or in case of a detached
     signature just that detached signature.  For OpenPGP, the output
     needs to be ASCII armored; for CMS, the output needs to be Base-64
     encoded.  For details on the file descriptor, see the `INPUT'
     command.

To allow the server the selection of a non-default signing key the
client may optionally use the `SENDER' command, see *note command
SENDER::.

The signing operation is then initiated by:

 -- Command: SIGN --protocol=NAME [--detached]
     Sign the data set with the `INPUT' command and write it to the sink
     set by OUTPUT.  NAME is the signing protocol used for the message.
     For a description of the allowed protocols see the `ENCRYPT'
     command.  With option `--detached' given, a detached signature is
     created; this is actually the usual way the command is used.

The client expects the server to send at least this status information
before the final OK response:

 -- Status line: MICALG STRING
     The STRING represents the hash algorithm used to create the
     signature. It is used with MOSS style signature messages and
     defined by PGP/MIME (RFC-3156) and S/MIME (RFC-3851).  The GPGME
     library has a supporting function `gpgme_hash_algo_name' to return
     the algorithm name as a string.  This string needs to be
     lowercased and for OpenPGP prefixed with "`pgp-'".

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Decrypt,  Next: UI Server Verify,  Prev: UI Server Sign,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.3 UI Server: Decrypt a Message
================================

Decryption may include the verification of OpenPGP messages.  This is
due to the often used combined signing/encryption modus of OpenPGP.  The
client may pass an option to the server to inhibit the signature
verification.  The following two commands are required to set the input
and output file descriptors:

 -- Command: INPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor for the message to be decrypted to N.  The
     message send to the server is either binary encoded or -- in the
     case of OpenPGP -- ASCII armored.  For details on the file
     descriptor, see the description of `INPUT' in the `ENCRYPT'
     section.

 -- Command: OUTPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor to be used for the output. The output is
     binary encoded. For details on the file descriptor, see the
     description of `INPUT' in the `ENCRYPT' section.

The decryption is started with the command:

 -- Command: DECRYPT --protocol=NAME [--no-verify]
     NAME is the encryption protocol used for the message. For a
     description of the allowed protocols see the `ENCRYPT' command.
     This argument is mandatory.  If the option `--no-verify' is given,
     the server should not try to verify a signature, in case the input
     data is an OpenPGP combined message.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Verify,  Next: UI Server Set Input Files,  Prev: UI Server Decrypt,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.4 UI Server: Verify a Message
===============================

The server needs to support the verification of opaque signatures as
well as detached signatures.  The kind of input sources controls what
kind message is to be verified.

 -- Command: MESSAGE FD=N
     This command is used with detached signatures to set the file
     descriptor for the signed data to N. The data is binary encoded
     (used verbatim).  For details on the file descriptor, see the
     description of `INPUT' in the `ENCRYPT' section.

 -- Command: INPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor for the opaque message or the signature
     part of a detached signature to N.  The message send to the server
     is either binary encoded or - in the case of OpenPGP - ASCII
     armored.  For details on the file descriptor, see the description
     of `INPUT' in the `ENCRYPT' section.

 -- Command: OUTPUT FD=N
     Set the file descriptor to be used for the output. The output is
     binary encoded and only used for opaque signatures.  For details
     on the file descriptor, see the description of `INPUT' in the
     `ENCRYPT' section.

The verification is then started using:

 -- Command: VERIFY --protocol=NAME [--silent]
     NAME is the signing protocol used for the message. For a
     description of the allowed protocols see the `ENCRYPT' command.
     This argument is mandatory.  Depending on the combination of
     `MESSAGE' `INPUT' and `OUTPUT' commands, the server needs to
     select the appropriate verification mode:

    MESSAGE and INPUT
          This indicates a detached signature.  Output data is not
          applicable.

    INPUT
          This indicates an opaque signature.  As no output command has
          been given, the server is only required to check the
          signature.

    INPUT and OUTPUT
          This indicates an opaque signature.  The server shall write
          the signed data to the file descriptor set by the output
          command.  This data shall even be written if the signatures
          can't be verified.

   With `--silent' the server shall not display any dialog; this is for
example used by the client to get the content of opaque signed
messages. The client expects the server to send at least this status
information before the final OK response:

 -- Status line: SIGSTATUS FLAG DISPLAYSTRING
     Returns the status for the signature and a short string explaining
     the status.  Valid values for FLAG are:

    `none'
          The message has a signature but it could not not be verified
          due to a missing key.

    `green'
          The signature is fully valid.

    `yellow'
          The signature is valid but additional information was shown
          regarding the validity of the key.

    `red'
          The signature is not valid.

     DISPLAYSTRING is a percent-and-plus-encoded string with a short
     human readable description of the status.  For example

          S SIGSTATUS green Good+signature+from+Keith+Moon+<keith@example.net>

     Note that this string needs to fit into an Assuan line and should
     be short enough to be displayed as short one-liner on the clients
     window.  As usual the encoding of this string is UTF-8 and it
     should be send in its translated form.

     The server shall send one status line for every signature found on
     the message.


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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Set Input Files,  Next: UI Server Sign/Encrypt Files,  Prev: UI Server Verify,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.5 UI Server: Specifying the input files to operate on.
========================================================

All file related UI server commands operate on a number of input files
or directories, specified by one or more `FILE' commands:

 -- Command: FILE NAME [-continued]
     Add the file or directory NAME to the list of pathnames to be
     processed by the server.  The parameter NAME must be an absolute
     path name (including the drive letter) and is percent espaced (in
     particular, the characters %, = and white space characters are
     always escaped).  The option `--continued' is present for all but
     the last `FILE' command.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Sign/Encrypt Files,  Next: UI Server Verify/Decrypt Files,  Prev: UI Server Set Input Files,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.6 UI Server: Encrypting and signing files.
============================================

First, the input files need to be specified by one or more `FILE'
commands.  Afterwards, the actual operation is requested:

 -- Command: ENCRYPT_FILES -nohup
 -- Command: SIGN_FILES -nohup
 -- Command: ENCRYPT_SIGN_FILES -nohup
     Request that the files specified by `FILE' are encrypted and/or
     signed.  The command selects the default action.  The UI server may
     allow the user to change this default afterwards interactively, and
     even abort the operation or complete it only on some of the
     selected files and directories.

     What it means to encrypt or sign a file or directory is specific to
     the preferences of the user, the functionality the UI server
     provides, and the selected protocol.  Typically, for each input
     file a new file is created under the original filename plus a
     protocol specific extension (like `.gpg' or `.sig'), which contain
     the encrypted/signed file or a detached signature.  For
     directories, the server may offer multiple options to the user
     (for example ignore or process recursively).

     The `ENCRYPT_SIGN_FILES' command requests a combined sign and
     encrypt operation.  It may not be available for all protocols (for
     example, it is available for OpenPGP but not for CMS).

     The option `--nohup' is mandatory.  It is currently unspecified
     what should happen if `--nohup' is not present.  Because `--nohup'
     is present, the server always returns `OK' promptly, and completes
     the operation asynchronously.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Verify/Decrypt Files,  Next: UI Server Import/Export Keys,  Prev: UI Server Sign/Encrypt Files,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.7 UI Server: Decrypting and verifying files.
==============================================

First, the input files need to be specified by one or more `FILE'
commands.  Afterwards, the actual operation is requested:

 -- Command: DECRYPT_FILES -nohup
 -- Command: VERIFY_FILES -nohup
 -- Command: DECRYPT_VERIFY_FILES -nohup
     Request that the files specified by `FILE' are decrypted and/or
     verified.  The command selects the default action.  The UI server
     may allow the user to change this default afterwards
     interactively, and even abort the operation or complete it only on
     some of the selected files and directories.

     What it means to decrypt or verify a file or directory is specific
     to the preferences of the user, the functionality the UI server
     provides, and the selected protocol.  Typically, for decryption, a
     new file is created for each input file under the original
     filename minus a protocol specific extension (like `.gpg') which
     contains the original plaintext.  For verification a status is
     displayed for each signed input file, indicating if it is signed,
     and if yes, if the signature is valid.  For files that are signed
     and encrypted, the `VERIFY' command transiently decrypts the file
     to verify the enclosed signature.  For directories, the server may
     offer multiple options to the user (for example ignore or process
     recursively).

     The option `--nohup' is mandatory.  It is currently unspecified
     what should happen if `--nohup' is not present.  Because `--nohup'
     is present, the server always returns `OK' promptly, and completes
     the operation asynchronously.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Import/Export Keys,  Next: UI Server Checksum Files,  Prev: UI Server Verify/Decrypt Files,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.8 UI Server: Managing certificates.
=====================================

First, the input files need to be specified by one or more `FILE'
commands.  Afterwards, the actual operation is requested:

 -- Command: IMPORT_FILES -nohup
     Request that the certificates contained in the files specified by
     `FILE' are imported into the local certificate databases.

     For directories, the server may offer multiple options to the user
     (for example ignore or process recursively).

     The option `--nohup' is mandatory.  It is currently unspecified
     what should happen if `--nohup' is not present.  Because `--nohup'
     is present, the server always returns `OK' promptly, and completes
     the operation asynchronously.

   FIXME: It may be nice to support an `EXPORT' command as well, which
is enabled by the context menu of the background of a directory.

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File: gpgme.info,  Node: UI Server Checksum Files,  Next: Miscellaneous UI Server Commands,  Prev: UI Server Import/Export Keys,  Up: UI Server Protocol

A.9 UI Server: Create and verify checksums for files.
=====================================================

First, the input files need to be specified by one or more `FILE'
commands.  Afterwards, the actual operation is requested:

 -- Command: CHECKSUM_CREATE_FILES -nohup
     Request that checksums are created for the files specifed by
     `FILE'.  The choice of checksum algorithm and the destination
     storage and format for the created checksums depend on the
     preferences of the user and the functionality provided by the UI
     server.  For directories, the server may offer multiple options to
     the user (for example ignore or process recursively).

     The option `--nohup' is mandatory.  It is currently unspecified
     what should happen if `--nohup' is not present.  Because `--nohup'
     is present, the server always returns `OK' promptly, and completes
     the operation asynchronously.

 -- Command: CHECKSUM_VERIFY_FILES -nohup
     Request that checksums are created for the files specifed by
     `FILE' and verified against previously created and stored
     checksums.  The choice of checksum algorithm and the source storage
     and format for previously created checksums depend on the
     preferences of the user and the functionality provided by the UI
     server.  For directories, the server may offer multiple options to
     the user (for example ignore or process recursively).

     If the source storage of previously created checksums is available
     to the user through the Windows shell, this command may also
     accept such checksum files as `FILE' arguments.  In this case, the
     UI server should instead verify the checksum of the referenced
     files as if they were given as INPUT files.

     The option `--nohup' is mandatory.  It is currently unspecified
     what should happen if `--nohup' is not present.  Because `--nohup'
     is present, the server always returns `OK' promptly, and completes
     the operation asynchronously.

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A.10 Miscellaneous UI Server Commands
=====================================

The server needs to implement the following commands which are not
related to a specific command:

 -- Command: GETINFO WHAT
     This is a multi purpose command, commonly used to return a variety
     of information.  The required subcommands as described by the WHAT
     parameter are:

    `pid'
          Return the process id of the server in decimal notation using
          an Assuan data line.

To allow the server to pop up the windows in the correct relation to the
client, the client is advised to tell the server by sending the option:

 -- Command option: window-id NUMBER
     The NUMBER represents the native window ID of the clients current
     window.  On Windows systems this is a windows handle (`HWND') and
     on X11 systems it is the `X Window ID'.  The number needs to be
     given as a hexadecimal value so that it is easier to convey pointer
     values (e.g. `HWND').

A client may want to fire up the certificate manager of the server.  To
do this it uses the Assuan command:

 -- Command: START_KEYMANAGER
     The server shall pop up the main window of the key manager (aka
     certificate manager).  The client expects that the key manager is
     brought into the foregound and that this command immediatley
     returns (does not wait until the key manager has been fully
     brought up).

A client may want to fire up the configuration dialog of the server.  To
do this it uses the Assuan command:

 -- Command: START_CONFDIALOG
     The server shall pop up its configuration dialog.  The client
     expects that this dialog is brought into the foregound and that
     this command immediatley returns (i.e. it does not wait until the
     dialog has been fully brought up).

When doing an operation on a mail, it is useful to let the server know
the address of the sender:

 -- Command: SENDER [--info] [--protocol=NAME] EMAIL
     EMAIL is the plain ASCII encoded address ("addr-spec" as per
     RFC-2822) enclosed in angle brackets.  The address set with this
     command is valid until a successful completion of the operation or
     until a `RESET' command.  A second command overrides the effect of
     the first one; if EMAIL is not given and `--info' is not used, the
     server shall use the default signing key.

     If option `--info' is not given, the server shall also suggest a
     protocol to use for signing.  The client may use this suggested
     protocol on its own discretion.  The same status line as with
     PREP_ENCRYPT is used for this.

     The option `--protocol' may be used to give the server a hint on
     which signing protocol should be preferred.

To allow the UI-server to visually identify a running operation or to
associate operations the server MAY support the command:

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