This info can also be found on the Internet, but I thought I compile it here too.

Problem⌗

You want to save something (say passwords) in a file and protect the file with a master password (say with your PGP/GPG key). This can be cumbersome unless you have vim.

The following examples will handle *.gpg files differently, vim will decrypt the file when opening it and encrypt the file when writing it. Also the use of a swap file is disabled.

vim config

The following config will make vim behave like described above manner:

augroup gpg
au!
au BufReadPre,FileReadPre *.gpg set viminfo=
au BufReadPre,FileReadPre *.gpg set noswapfile
au BufReadPost *.gpg :%!gpg -q -d
au BufReadPost *.gpg | redraw!
au BufWritePre *.gpg :%!gpg --default-recipient-self -q -e -a
au BufWritePost *.gpg u
au VimLeave *.gpg :!clear
augroup END

Just add it to your ~/.vimrc and your are set.

I’ve found this config somewhere on the Internet (lost the reference), so it’s not my idea.

Vim and GPG

Problem⌗