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+Kiki Patterns
+=============
+
+Although kiki seems at a glance to have a lot of commands, there is a simple
+rule for quickly learning six of them at once, by understanding that they are
+all actually variations of one command which means 'exchange information'.
+
+The variations come from first choosing one of 3 directions of information flow
+(from, to, or both ways), and then choosing from one of 2 different kinds of
+filters on information to exchange(public only, or unfiltered).
+
+The 'from' and 'to' are always relative to your $HOME/.gnupgp folder (or
+wherever you have configured to be your $GNUPGHOME). A 'from'-command copies
+information from your $GNUPGHOME to files in other locations. A 'to'-command
+copies information into keyrings inside $GNUPGHOME from other locations.
+
+Consult the table below to learn the six 'exchange-information' commands of
+kiki:
+        
+                   from | to | public | secret
+   --------------|------|----|--------|-----------
+   import-public |  X   |    |  X     |
+   export-public |      | X  |  X     |
+   sync-public   |  X   | X  |  X     |
+   import-secret |  X   |    |  X     | X
+   export-secret |      | X  |  X     | X
+   sync-secret   |  X   | X  |  X     | X
+
+
+The four columns of this table are explained thusly:
+
+   from:   information flows out of $GNUPGHOME
+   to:     information flows into $GNUPGHOME
+
+   public: public information is copied
+   secret: private information is copied
+
+Note that the sync-secret command is the most powerful command, capable of
+exchanging information of either variety and in either direction and
+simultaneously. Indeed, the presence of the other 5 commands is merely to make
+kiki less error prone. The idea being, if you use import-public it is
+impossible to accidentally copy secret data to your keyring and impossible to
+accidentally expose any data at all from your keyring.
+