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7 Contexts
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All cryptographic operations in GPGME are performed within a context,
which contains the internal state of the operation as well as
configuration parameters.  By using several contexts you can run several
cryptographic operations in parallel, with different configuration.

 -- Data type: gpgme_ctx_t
     The ‘gpgme_ctx_t’ type is a handle for a GPGME context, which is
     used to hold the configuration, status and result of cryptographic
     operations.

* Menu:

* Creating Contexts::             Creating new GPGME contexts.
* Destroying Contexts::           Releasing GPGME contexts.
* Result Management::             Managing the result of crypto operations.
* Context Attributes::            Setting properties of a context.
* Key Management::                Managing keys with GPGME.
* Crypto Operations::             Using a context for cryptography.
* Miscellaneous::                 Miscellaneous operations
* Run Control::                   Controlling how operations are run.