On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:02:12 +0100, Hauke Laging stated: > Hello, > > when I help Windows users create keys then my script converts the > Linux version of gpg.conf (after some editing) to the Windows line > endings. This works. > > But if I edit the file with the Windows editor (unfortunately I have > forgotten the Windows version) then gpg crashes with an error message > like "error in gpg.conf:1". I have experienced that several times in > the past already. > > Unfortunately I both don't have Windows at home and have forgotten to > make a copy of the damaged file so that I cannot have a look at it. > > A wild guess is that the editor adds a UTF-8 BOM at the beginning of > the file (but that wouldn't affect XP, would it?). > > Two concerns: > > 1) Does anyone know what the problem is and/or whether I can avoid it > by using another program which is part of Windows (or widely used)? > > 2) Would it make sense to make gpg work with such config files...? 8-)
Personally, I use "PSPad" to edit files from different OSs on a Window's machine. <http://www.pspad.com>. It can save in several different formats and styles. Plus, it is free. -- Jerry _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users