tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/problems/760-gpgtools-cannot-encrypt-text-using-texteditGPGTools: Discussion 2017-09-14T12:12:31Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/132621482012-01-29T08:42:33Z2012-01-29T08:42:33ZGPGTools cannot encrypt text (using textedit)<div><p>I am trying to do something very simple: take a message I've
written in textedit, encrypt it, and append my public key.</p>
<p>Currently when I select text to encrypt (right click, go to
services) I don't see any of the GPG options there. What I
<em>can</em> do is save the file, right click, and go to services
where I'll find the option to encrypt the file. However, opening
the file in the txtedit reveals some weird symbols. Usually a PGP
encrypted message should look like</p>
<p>--BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-- (stuff goes here)</p>
<p>--END PGP MESSAGE--</p>
<p>Instead it's just a bunch of randomly spaced jargon. Note that I
can encrypt mail properly using enigmail and thunderbird (using
this particular key).</p>
<p>Any ideas on what to do?</p></div>Alfredotag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/132621482012-01-29T08:55:12Z2012-01-29T08:55:12ZGPGTools cannot encrypt text (using textedit)<div><p>Hi Alfredo,</p>
<p>the mangled message you see might be the binary encrypted
version of your text.<br>
Usually GPGServices should armor the text using base64 to convert
it to ASCII, but for some reason it seems to fail.<br>
Could you try if the nightly works for you?<br>
<a href=
"http://nightly.gpgtools.org/GPGServices-trunk.dmg">http://nightly.gpgtools.org/GPGServices-trunk.dmg</a></p>
<p>Hope that helps</p></div>Luke Letag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/132621482012-01-29T10:37:28Z2012-01-29T10:37:28ZGPGTools cannot encrypt text (using textedit)<div><p>The nightly build worked perfectly. I had already enabled the
GPG shortcuts in the keyboard shortcuts menu of system preferences
but they didn't work in the other build. Encrpytion, signing, etc.
now work perfectly both within textedit and on the file.</p></div>Alfredotag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/132621482012-01-29T10:39:27Z2012-01-29T10:39:27ZGPGTools cannot encrypt text (using textedit)<div><p>Very glad to hear that!<br>
We'll release this build soon.</p>
<p>If you run into problems again, feel free to open a new
discussion :)</p></div>Luke Le