Re: encrypt.el in No Gnus 0.7

[Daiki Ueno]

2007/11/1, Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>:
> It definitely makes sense to move encrypt.el into Emacs as well then.
> My main concern was that it overlaps with all the other *crypt*.el
> packages, and I really think that encrypt.el's simplicity and
> non-invasiveness justifies its existence.  But it requires password.el.
> I'm open to suggestions as to the best way to manage it.

epa-file.el in EasyPG can also do that.  Have you looked at it?
I think it is much easier to use since it does not need elisp setup
like encrypt-file-alist.

Yes, EasyPG is a bit complex and invasive.  But IMO sometimes
usability should be given priority over simplicity & non-invasiveness.

BTW, I just tried encrypt.el and I encountered a few issues.  (1) It
uses gnus-error to report errors so there is a dependency to
gnus-util.el.  (2) The instruction says M-x encrypt-file-contents but
there is no such function (perhaps is it a typo of
encrypt-write-file-contents?).  (3) encrypt-find-model does not
resolve path names.

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno