Hi August,

On 2020-01-08 19:23:26, you wrote to mark lewis:

 AA> But it seems to me that if gpg is launched without any parameters, it
 AA> should output a message "Missing options" or something like that and
 AA> then terminate.

Nope, see other message.

 AA> When it detects valid parameters/options, and spits out:

 AA>  gpg: Go ahead and type your message ...

 AA> ...it should also include something like "When finished with your
 AA> message, enter ^Z" to complete.

This depends on the shell it's run from, so gpg probably doesn't know which key
you should use to end stdin...

Bye, Wilfred.

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