profanity-pgp1
Overview
Open PGP commands to manage keys, and perform PGP encryption during chat sessions. See the /account command to set your own PGP key.
Arguments
libver
Show which version of the libgpgme library is being used.
keys
List all keys known to the system.
contacts
Show contacts with assigned public keys.
setkey <contact> <keyid>
Manually associate a contact with a public key.
start [<contact>]
Start PGP encrypted chat, current contact will be used if not specified.
end
End PGP encrypted chat with the current recipient.
log on|off
Enable or disable plaintext logging of PGP encrypted messages.
log redact
Log PGP encrypted messages, but replace the contents with [redacted]. This is the default.
char <char>
Set the character to be displayed next to PGP encrypted messages.
sendfile on|off
Allow /sendfile to send unencrypted files while otherwise using PGP.
autoimport on|off
Autoimport PGP keys from messages.
sendpub [<contact>]
Sends a message to the current recipient with your PGP public key, current contact will be used if not specified.
Examples
/pgp log off
/pgp setkey [email protected] BA19CACE5A9592C5
/pgp start [email protected]
/pgp end
/pgp char P
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie)
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)