Re: new version of allout.el - patch and ChangeLog

[Ken Manheimer]

On 10/2/05, Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 12:28:17PM -0400, Ken Manheimer wrote:
>
> > I emerged it and got access to gpp and the info file.  it
> > looks nice - clean - but appears to have the same drawback, for my
> > purposes, as mailcrypt.  it will decrypt messages encoded with a
> > symmetric key, but provides no api for encrypting with a symmetric
> > key.  that lack is a show-stopper for my purposes.
>
> So you would consider switching to pgg, if it would provide an
> interface to symmetric encryption?

yes.  it would probably be a relief - allout goes through different
contortions to use crypt++ than it does for mailcrypt.  i expect my
code could simplify, overall, if it used a single, fairly clean
encryption interface.

> > it may well be that pgg is preferable, somehow, to mailcrypt - they
> > both offer similar functionality, including key caching, as well as
> > the lack of an interface for encrypting with a symmetric key.  but the
> > changeover won't gain me anything i can yet see - i'll still need to
> > also use crypt++ for the symmetric key encoding.
>
> The reason I asked is, that pgg is, just like allout, part of GNU
> Emacs 22 -- so IMO it would be desirable to have the howl
> functionality of allout "out of the box" with GNU emacs.

that would be a compelling reason.  i could allocate some time to
incorporate pgg into allout, ditching the dependencies on crypt++ and
mailcrypt, if pgg provided for encrypting with symmetric keys.  i
don't think i have the time to develop that extension of pgg  however.
 do you think someone else might do that?  that would be cool...

ken
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