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Re: PGP menu



On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 09:48:12AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
On 2010-04-12 06:28:17 -0700, Michael Elkins wrote:
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 01:27:42PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
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?

No, you can use it for all three modes (sign, encrypt sign+encrypt). In this context inline=traditional. The user that prompted this change had the same misunderstanding, which is why I was trying to clarify what the 'i' key does.

Would this be better?

PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, use %s format, or (c)lear?

You could remove "use".

Ok, that is fine with me as well.

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).

My guess is that this is a common enough conversion that it would be a big usability issue for mutt users. I am inclined to leave the functionality there.

me

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