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Re: ASCII encryption
From: |
Jambunathan K |
Subject: |
Re: ASCII encryption |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:19:25 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (windows-nt) |
Richard H Lee <address@hidden> 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.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
`----