Re: [Tails-dev] exporting secret PGP key in SeaHorse

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Author: kirgali
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] exporting secret PGP key in SeaHorse
On 2020-08-31 18:31, tails-dev-request@??? wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:26:00 +0000
> From: iota <iota@???>
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> Hi,
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> kirgali@???:
>> Why does SeaHorse in Tails only let you export your secret PGP key as an
>> armored PGP file ending in .asc?
>>
>> Using GnuPG on the command line, you can export your secret key without
>> the ASCII armor and with any file extension you want e.g. .pgp, .gpg
>
> You can switch from .asc to .pgp:
> - open Seahorse
> - select your private key
> - Go to File ? Export
> - Use the selector in the bottom-right corner of this window
>
> Hope that helps,
> cheers
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I follow these instructions and in the selector in the bottom-right
corner of that window, there is only 'Armored PGP keys'

Maybe this is a bug in the GNOME interface. I can't shrink the window to
make it smaller. Can you?