Encrypt to clipboard

[nyarly]

A command to encrypt the current buffer to the clipboard would be really helpful

[jamessan]

Can you clarify what functionality you're asking for? Do you simply want Vim to copy the contents of the already encrypted file on disk into the clipboard?

[nyarly]

Ideally, I'd like to be able to edit a buffer, copy the encrypted version to the clipboard without writing a file. Currently using xsel; rm for the task. On Feb 18, 2014 12:07 PM, "James McCoy" [email protected] wrote:

Can you clarify what functionality you're asking for? Do you simply want Vim to copy the contents of the already encrypted file on disk into the clipboard?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/jamessan/vim-gnupg/issues/15#issuecomment-35427337 .

[jamessan]

You could do this with :w !gpg --armor --encrypt --output - | xsel.

I'll think about adding a :GPGArmor command or some such to turn the buffer (or create a new buffer) into an encrypted/armored version of itself. Then you could either use Vim's own mechanisms to interact with the clipboard or feed it to xsel.