From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [Patch] Documentation for pgg-gpg-use-agent Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:38:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87r73ks5xa.fsf@latte.josefsson.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146065968 26082 80.91.229.2 (26 Apr 2006 15:39:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:39:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 26 17:39:27 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYm6c-0007QD-1b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:39:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYm6b-0003Gx-Hp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:39:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FYm6Q-0003GK-Ps for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:38:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FYm6Q-0003G0-1t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:38:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYm6P-0003Fx-T6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:38:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.13.230.178] (helo=yxa.extundo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FYm97-0005wc-UL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge1) with ESMTP id k3QFcfqq013501 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:38:41 +0200 Original-To: Sascha Wilde OpenPGP: id=B565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Hashcash: 1:22:060426:emacs-devel@gnu.org::sWs0yJUmI/EICRam:0vqz X-Hashcash: 1:22:060426:ding@gnus.org::fb8p2qtEROlJonri:2VzQ X-Hashcash: 1:22:060426:wilde@sha-bang.de::7ZO+e2cLbfgbi1Ap:jElI In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:28:54 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110005 (No Gnus v0.5) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.1, clamav-milter version 0.88.1 on yxa.extundo.com X-Virus-Status: Clean 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:53482 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:63029 Archived-At: Reiner Steib writes: > On Sun, Apr 23 2006, Sascha Wilde wrote: > >> I attached a small patch, adding short documentation for >> pgg-gpg-use-agent. > [...] >> +@defvar pgg-gpg-use-agent >> +When using GnuPG (gpg) as PGP implementation you can use the gpg-agent >> +for caching@footnote{Actually the gpg-agent does not cache passphrases >> +but privat keys. On te other hand, from a users point of view this >> +technical difference isn't visible.}. If non-@samp{nil} try to use an >> +running gpg-agent. It defaults to @samp{nil}. You can customize this >> +variable. >> +@end defvar > > Thanks. Installed in v5-10 with some modifications: > > 2006-04-26 Reiner Steib > > * pgg.texi (Caching passphrase): Fix markup and typos. Simplify. > > | @defvar pgg-gpg-use-agent > | When using GnuPG (gpg) as PGP scheme you can use @code{gpg-agent} for > | caching@footnote{Actually @code{gpg-agent} does not cache passphrases > | but privat keys. On the other hand, from a users point of view this ^e? > | technical difference isn't visible.}. If non-@code{nil} try to use a > | running @code{gpg-agent}. It defaults to @code{nil}. > | @end defvar > > Is the second sentence in the footnote necessary? It doesn't hurt, I guess. Thanks!