pyassuan 0.1

Python module and tools for communicating in the Assuan protocol.

Python module and tools for communicating in the Assuan_ protocol.

There are a number of GnuPG_ wrappers for python `out there`__, but
they mostly work via the ``gpg`` executable. This is an attempt to
cut to the chase and speak directly to ``gpg-agent``, which offers a
number of advantages::

__ wrappers_

* No need to spawn ``gpg`` every time you want to do something
cryptographic.
* No need to `do anything fancy with file descriptors`__ to verify
detached signatures.

__ enable-special-filenames_

Installation
============

Packages
--------

Gentoo
~~~~~~

I've packaged ``pyassuan`` for Gentoo_. You need layman_ and
my `wtk overlay`_. Install with::

# emerge -av app-portage/layman
# layman --add wtk
# emerge -av dev-python/pyassuan

Dependencies
------------

``pyassuan`` is a simple package with no external dependencies outside
the Python 3 standard library.

Installing by hand
------------------

``pgp-mime`` is available as a Git_ repository::

$ git clone git://tremily.us/pgp-mime.git

See the homepage_ for details. To install the checkout, run the
standard::

$ python setup.py install

Usage
=====

Checkout the docstrings and the examples in ``bin``.

Testing
=======

Run the internal unit tests using nose_::

$ nosetests --with-doctest --doctest-tests pgp-mime

If a Python-3-version of ``nosetests`` is not the default on your
system, you may need to try something like::

$ nosetests-3.2 --with-doctest --doctest-tests pgp-mime

Licence
=======

This project is distributed under the `GNU General Public License
Version 3`_ or greater.

Author
======

W. Trevor King
[e-mail]


.. _Assuan: http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/assuan/
.. _GnuPG: http://www.gnupg.org/
.. _wrappers: http://wiki.python.org/moin/GnuPrivacyGuard
.. _enable-special-filenames:
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2002-November/019343.html
.. _Gentoo: http://www.gentoo.org/
.. _layman: http://layman.sourceforge.net/
.. _wtk overlay: http://blog.tremily.us/posts/Gentoo_overlay/
.. _Git: http://git-scm.com/
.. _homepage: http://blog.tremily.us/posts/pyassuan/
.. _nose: http://readthedocs.org/docs/nose/en/latest/
.. _GNU General Public License Version 3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html