From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ken Manheimer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: pgg symmetric encryption patch (was: new version of allout.el - patch and ChangeLog) Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 15:50:25 -0400 Message-ID: <2cd46e7f0510031250u66ea1349yb437d539ce4027ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <2cd46e7f0509301024r71462d81v81ebd8e858f06305@mail.gmail.com> <20050930210649.GA22126@kenny.sha-bang.local> <2cd46e7f0509301452l72c262d6l89efd6fb772f61b2@mail.gmail.com> <2cd46e7f0510010928v8244052k2a98375e38fdd2ed@mail.gmail.com> <20051002104823.GA31722@kenny.sha-bang.local> <20051003192503.GA15503@kenny.sha-bang.local> Reply-To: Ken Manheimer NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1128369490 20900 80.91.229.2 (3 Oct 2005 19:58:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 03 21:58:01 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMWQG-0005D9-EU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:56:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMWQF-0003gc-QX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:56:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EMWKz-0000gb-VU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EMWKu-0000dh-IZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:50:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMWKt-0000cB-Re for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:50:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.233.162.194] (helo=zproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EMWKS-0007nF-PP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:50:29 -0400 Original-Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id k1so310409nzf for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:50:25 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kTwG6Aw9Ws03Cod5sykrPyYwmLpXEj9gNOW9zro2MPQQf+OeI5XQAGYEI/2FC3zq+IGJl42wXhlsKDYEX2xo2iqFP+1GSR7kYyGeVk1xSCIM/c3HArNIhpLYUWzqRArv+pHEC58mkrXCdc5Cmtm/1aIocQyzUo1CuhB/ac7Vn1E= Original-Received: by 10.36.100.16 with SMTP id x16mr4006nzb; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.36.36.11 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: "Richard M. Stallman" , schwab@suse.de, ken.manheimer@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, ueno@unixuser.org In-Reply-To: <20051003192503.GA15503@kenny.sha-bang.local> Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:43513 Archived-At: On 10/3/05, Sascha Wilde wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 04:31:10PM -0400, Richard M. Stallman wrote: > > So you would consider switching to pgg, if it would provide an > > interface to symmetric encryption? > > > > If someone wants to do it, and assuming the result is clean, it would > > be a good thing to do. > > Enclosed you'll find my preliminary patch to make symmetric encryption > possible with pgg. > > The new function pgg-encrypt-symmetric-region asks for a passphrase > and uses it to symmetrically encrypt the given region. > > Please note, this is by no means complete, just a small proof of concept. > > Ken, would something along this lines be sufficient for use with allout? > [...] > Sascha Wilde : The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one > : that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found > : it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov sounds like it, yes! i can't try it right now, but whether or not it works as is, if you're willing to continue ironing it out with me to get it working properly, i'll it to work with allout. (i hope to have some time this evening or else tomorrow afternoon to devote attention to it.) ! (as you may realize, i like the quote!-) ken ken.manheimer@gmail.com