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Re: PGP menu



On 2010-04-12 06:28:17 -0700, Michael Elkins wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 01:27:42PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >Moreover
> >
> > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, %s, or (c)lear?
> >
> >has recently been changed to:
> >
> > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, toggle %s, or (c)lear?
> >
> >The new form is less clear. For instance, one had:
> >
> >    PGP: Encrypt (PGP/MIME)
> >
> >and it was proposed:
> >
> > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, (i)nline, or (c)lear?
> >
> >So, 'i' would set to inline. Now one gets:
> >
> > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, toggle (i)nline, or (c)lear?
> >
> >but toggle is done between two states, and this doesn't appear
> >clearly. "toggle format" might be better.
> 
> The reason for the change was that the original prompt was unclear
> to a user.  This user thought that 'i' would do an inline signature.
> Thus I was trying to make it more clear what that key did.

But isn't the inline format an inline signature?

> Would this be better?
> 
> PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, use %s format, or (c)lear?
> 
> Thus:
> 
> PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, use (i)nline format, or (c)lear?
> PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, use PGP/M(i)ME format, or (c)lear?

You could remove "use".

BTW, perhaps the inline / PGP/MIME switch could be removed. The manual
says:

   Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is strongly
   deprecated. (PGP only)

So, an option could be sufficient for users who really need it
(possibly better with send-hook).

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