From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ASCII encryption Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:19:25 +0530 Message-ID: <81ipgzei5m.fsf@gmail.com> References: <4F8AE450.9010104@gmail.com> <4F8C07DE.6040109@pobox.com> <4F8C0FC5.8080603@gmail.com> <81wr5fu5eh.fsf@gmail.com> <4F8C4967.8090306@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334595000 15925 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2012 16:50:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:50:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard H Lee Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 16 18:50:00 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SJp7j-0001Og-Rn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:49:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35824 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJp7j-0003LH-A9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:49:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33899) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJp7d-0003K1-Ag for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:49:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJp7W-0005Hb-Dj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f52.google.com ([209.85.210.52]:52220) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJp7W-0005GW-5b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:49:42 -0400 Original-Received: by dake40 with SMTP id e40so6567613dak.39 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:49:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=oIBjHeH+0lb7wl2nQA4NcS1dnsGhn0OcbjGWm5ylwBw=; b=d8tTbbXt1GjDFHFZ7YULhUixej4/ULxNfGJieHqVP2btYHDfWN0iOIke0K7pilsSCE qpXpPZP1BdLkxJz/AKK+LfzpS9YS6Ml+gjsb6AraUgXFiHxWtoNeYBIPCs0KyBjUAdhA eeAj1fZaxETeBn8P34acjIT5RHRf0FjxTOaKZEKYXCfvvXBp397gENRs3O7xWq+Hhnm5 yDIMGgs6U7rZC3t9X/ozJ2Jb0K9+it9YJpWX3oFSXxhEtY4gmK5+NcooX/tZnwCN+wMf k8XA0mmXDSG+Yv37/KZzrjEM2idvI1LplCZwZFsDlnPuCsk1kAy5MIohqMtvF3PwpoBq PFIA== Original-Received: by 10.68.129.99 with SMTP id nv3mr28761148pbb.153.1334594979137; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:49:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from JAMBU-NETBOOK ([115.184.44.164]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r10sm18140014pbf.22.2012.04.16.09.49.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:49:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F8C4967.8090306@gmail.com> (Richard H. Lee's message of "Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:31:35 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (windows-nt) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.210.52 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149695 Archived-At: Richard H Lee writes: > On 16/04/12 15:18, Jambunathan K wrote: >> If `epa-armor' is not supported it should be removed or be made in to a >> defconst. Or it could be crptically renamed so that people don't >> discover it accidentally. The info manual can be augmented to mention >> why the author thinks using it globally is not a good idea. >> >> epa-armor is like the biblical forbidden fruit with hints of both >> pleasure and pain. The ultimate end it achieves is to leave mere >> mortals in a state of perpetual confusion on private matters. > > So I that (setq epa-armor t) in my emacs file is not a good idea? That's what the last line of the docstring says. It is confusing and also scary. ,----[ C-h v epa-armor RET ] | epa-armor is a variable defined in `epa.el'. | Its value is nil | | Documentation: | *If non-nil, epa commands create ASCII armored output. | | You should bind this variable with `let', but do not set it globally. | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ `----