How do you get to the unencrypted data? Do you decrypt to a plain text file? Launch it into Notepad or vi? How do you deal with the temp files the editors cr

How do you get to the unencrypted data? Do you decrypt to a plain text file? Launch it into Notepad or vi? How do you deal with the temp files the editors create? Do you clear the clipboard after copy and paste the passwords? I have a GPG file in Emacs, too. Just want to see what flow people use to deal with encrypted passwords.