Re: [PATCH] Keep network security info buffers after use

[Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de>]

On 2023-12-22  22:58, Jens Schmidt wrote:

> How about the following variation of Karl's patch, which hopefully
> meets his request for simplicity and hopefully also these requests of
> yours (as long as you do not count the additional multiple choice
> option as something that must be revertable by option):

I forgot about the header information, revised patch:

diff --git a/lisp/net/nsm.el b/lisp/net/nsm.el
index 09f7ac52537..4cedf0be88a 100644
--- a/lisp/net/nsm.el
+++ b/lisp/net/nsm.el
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ nsm-query-user
            (?f "forward page" "See next page")
            (?n "next" "Next certificate")
            (?p "previous" "Previous certificate")
+           (?k "keep" "Keep certificate details for further inspection")
            (?q "quit" "Quit details view")))
         (done nil))
     (save-window-excursion
@@ -916,7 +917,32 @@ nsm-query-user
                    (setq cert-index (mod (1- cert-index) (length pems)))
                    (insert (nth cert-index pems))
                    (goto-char (point-min))
-                   (read-only-mode)))))
+                   (read-only-mode)))
+
+                (?k
+                 ;; Keep certificate details.
+                 (let ((bufname
+                        (format "*Certificate Details for %s*"
+                                (nsm-certificate-part
+                                 (plist-get (car certs) :subject) "CN" t)))
+                       begin)
+                   (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create bufname)
+                     (read-only-mode -1)
+                     (goto-char (point-max))
+                     (setq begin (point))
+                     (when status
+                       (insert (nsm-format-certificate status)))
+                     (insert message)
+                     (ensure-empty-lines 1)
+                     (dolist (cert certs)
+                       (insert (gnutls-format-certificate
+                                (plist-get cert :pem)))
+                       (ensure-empty-lines 1))
+                     (goto-char begin)
+                     (read-only-mode))
+                   (message "Details appended to buffer %s" bufname)
+                   (sit-for 2)))))
+
             ;; Return the answer.
             (cadr answer))
         (kill-buffer cert-buffer)