Re: org-crypt ?

[Ihor Radchenko]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> I think I've gotten org-crypt working, but I think some things are not
> making sense (it might be just me):
>
> 1. I've set org-crypt-key to nil (symmetric encryption).
> 2. Can I use a different encryption key for each encrypted paragraph?

Yes. For each individual encrypted headline contents. Just enter
different passwords when queried to encrypt.

> 3. Does org-encrypt only ask for the key the first time?

No. Strictly speaking it may depend on you GnuPG config. Not by default.

> 4. Does org-decrypt only ask for the key the first time?

Depends on your GnuPG config. AFAIK, GnuPG will not cache keys by default.

> 5. How do they know where to get the password when they don't ask?

>From gpg-agent.

> 6. Shouldn't org-crypt docs in org manual have examples?

We can mention org-encrypt-entry/entries and org-decrypt-entry/entries.
Would it help?

Best,
Ihor