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bug#10011: 24.0.91; Password prompt on linux console reads only every se
From: |
Tassilo Horn |
Subject: |
bug#10011: 24.0.91; Password prompt on linux console reads only every second key |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:47:29 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org> writes:
Hi!
>> When I fire up emacs in a plain linux console and try to find an
>> encrypted file like C-x C-f ~/.authinfo.gpg RET, I get a password
>> prompt like
>>
>> +----------------| Password:
>>
>> at the bottom of the screen.
>
> Do you mean you started up emacs without X? If so...
Yes, exactly. On a linux terminal without X.
>> I get a different, dialog-like password prompt:
>>
>> +---------------------------+
>> | Password: |
>> | _________________________ |
>> | <Ok> <Cancel> |
>> +---------------------------+
>
> ...looks like a pinentry-curses dialog. Actually the integration of
> pinentry-curses with Emacs is not yet ready:
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8791#8
> I was a bit surprised that the dialog is somehow working :)
But why do I get different password prompts depending of I use
$ emacs ~/.authinfo.gpg
or
$ emacs
C-x C-f ~/.authinfo.gpg
> Anyway, workarounds are to use gpg1 without gpg-agent, or to preset
> your passphrase with gpg-preset-passphrase.
I use GnuPG 2.0.18, but that doesn't have gpg-preset-passphrase (at
least not as command). Is that version 2.1-only (in that version's
online docs it is listed)?
Bye,
Tassilo