Function: pgg-verify-region

pgg-verify-region is an autoloaded, interactive and byte-compiled function defined in pgg.el.gz.

Signature

(pgg-verify-region START END &optional SIGNATURE FETCH)

Documentation

Verify the current region between START and END.

If the optional 3rd argument SIGNATURE is non-nil, it is treated as the detached signature of the current region.

If the optional 4th argument FETCH is non-nil, we attempt to fetch the signer's public key from pgg-default-keyserver-address.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/obsolete/pgg.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun pgg-verify-region (start end &optional signature fetch)
  "Verify the current region between START and END.
If the optional 3rd argument SIGNATURE is non-nil, it is treated as
the detached signature of the current region.

If the optional 4th argument FETCH is non-nil, we attempt to fetch the
signer's public key from `pgg-default-keyserver-address'."
  (interactive "r")
  (let* ((packet
	  (if (null signature) nil
	    (with-temp-buffer
	      (buffer-disable-undo)
	      (unless (featurep 'xemacs)
		(set-buffer-multibyte nil))
	      (insert-file-contents signature)
	      (cdr (assq 2 (pgg-decode-armor-region
			    (point-min)(point-max)))))))
	 (key (cdr (assq 'key-identifier packet)))
	 status keyserver)
    (and (stringp key)
	 pgg-query-keyserver
	 (setq key (concat "0x" (pgg-truncate-key-identifier key)))
	 (null (pgg-lookup-key key))
	 (or fetch (called-interactively-p 'interactive))
	 (y-or-n-p (format "Key %s not found; attempt to fetch? " key))
	 (setq keyserver
	       (or (cdr (assq 'preferred-key-server packet))
		   pgg-default-keyserver-address))
	 (pgg-fetch-key keyserver key))
    (setq status
	  (pgg-save-coding-system start end
	    (pgg-invoke "verify-region" (or pgg-scheme pgg-default-scheme)
			(point-min) (point-max) signature)))
    (when (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
      (let ((temp-buffer-show-function
	     (function pgg-temp-buffer-show-function)))
	(with-output-to-temp-buffer pgg-echo-buffer
	  (set-buffer standard-output)
	  (insert-buffer-substring (if status pgg-output-buffer
				     pgg-errors-buffer)))))
    status))