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* DETAILS: Document "uat".

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* gpg.sgml: Document --personal-{compress|digest|compress}-preferences,
--group, and add comments to --expert.
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2002-06-21 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
* DETAILS: Document "uat".
* gpg.sgml: Document
--personal-{compress|digest|compress}-preferences, --group, and
add comments to --expert.
2002-06-17 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
* gpg.sgml: Grammar fix.

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sec = secret key
ssb = secret subkey (secondary key)
uid = user id (only field 10 is used).
uat = user attribute (same as user id except for field 10).
sig = signature
rev = revocation signature
fpr = fingerprint: (fingerprint is in field 10)
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10. Field: User-ID. The value is quoted like a C string to avoid
control characters (the colon is quoted "\x3a").
This is not used with --fixed-list-mode in gpg.
A UAT record puts the attribute subpacket count here, a
space, and then the total attribute subpacket size.
In gpgsm the issuer name comes here
An FPR record stores the fingerprint here.
The fingerprint of an revocation key is stored here.

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<!-- gpg.sgml - the man page for GnuPG
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GnuPG.
@ -1928,9 +1928,11 @@ Resets the --ask-cert-expire option.
<listitem><para>
Allow the user to do certain nonsensical or "silly" things like
signing an expired or revoked key, or certain potentially incompatible
things like generating deprecated key types. In general, this option
is for experts only. If you don't fully understand the implications
of what it allows you to do, leave this off.
things like generating deprecated key types. This also disables
certain warning messages about potentially incompatible actions. As
the name implies, this option is for experts only. If you don't fully
understand the implications of what it allows you to do, leave this
off.
</para></listitem></varlistentry
<varlistentry>
@ -1974,6 +1976,15 @@ refer to the file descriptor n and not to a file with that name.
Experimental use only.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--group &ParmNameValue;</term>
<listitem><para>
Sets up a name group, which is similar to aliases in email programs.
Any time the group name is a receipient (-r or --recipient), it will
be expanded to the values specified. Note there is only one level of
expansion - you cannot make an group that points to another group.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--preserve-permissions</term>
<listitem><para>
@ -1982,16 +1993,35 @@ read/write only. Use this option only if you really know what you are doing.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--personal-preference-list &ParmString</term>
<term>--personal-cipher-preferences &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the list of personal preferences to &ParmString;, this list should
be a string similar to the one printed by the command "pref" in the
edit menu. This allows the user to factor in their own preferred
Set the list of personal cipher preferences to &ParmString;, this list
should be a string similar to the one printed by the command "pref" in
the edit menu. This allows the user to factor in their own preferred
algorithms when algorithms are chosen via recipient key preferences.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--default-preference-list &ParmString</term>
<term>--personal-digest-preferences &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the list of personal digest preferences to &ParmString;, this list
should be a string similar to the one printed by the command "pref" in
the edit menu. This allows the user to factor in their own preferred
algorithms when algorithms are chosen via recipient key preferences.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--personal-compress-preferences &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the list of personal compression preferences to &ParmString;, this
list should be a string similar to the one printed by the command
"pref" in the edit menu. This allows the user to factor in their own
preferred algorithms when algorithms are chosen via recipient key
preferences.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--default-preference-list &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the list of default preferences to &ParmString;, this list should
be a string similar to the one printed by the command "pref" in the