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Subject: Re: gpg does not like "e" key
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 07:47:57PM +0200, Gary wrote:
>This is really bizarre, even for a crypto related subject. gpg does
>not accept the letter "e" in the real name or email address. I don't
>know if this is a pure gpg problem or Cygwin related.
>
>$ gpg --gen-key
>gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>[snip irrelevant blathering]
>Please select what kind of key you want:
>   (1) DSA and Elgamal (default)
>   (2) DSA (sign only)
>   (5) RSA (sign only)
>Your selection? 1
>DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
>ELG-E keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
>What keysize do you want? (2048)
>Requested keysize is 2048 bits
>Please specify how long the key should be valid.
>         0 = key does not expire
>      <n>  = key expires in n days
>      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
>      <n>m = key expires in n months
>      <n>y = key expires in n years
>Key is valid for? (0)
>Key does not expire at all
>Is this correct? (y/N) y
>
>You need a user ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user ID
>from the Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
>    "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh AT duesseldorf DOT de>"
>
>Real name: Gary Jons
>
>Err. What? Where did the "e" in Jones go? It doesn't work. At all.
>Even ignoring and continuing, when you get the confirmation of the
>data you have entered it is missing the "e" (so it is not something
>related to not displaying it just during typing).
>
>The keyboard works fine in normal shell, and is only screwy with gpg.
>I've tried this using rxvt and the standard terminal. German language
>notebook keyboard and Windows installation.
>
>Someone will probably tell me it is a security feature because e is so
>common in the English language ;) Seriously though, can anyone
>reproduce or give any advice as to solving or workarounds?
>
>Oh, just for giggles, capital E *does* work.

Missing characters like this are often caused by an .inputrc file with
CRLF line endings or other strange characters.

cgf

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