Re: epa command names

[Stefan Monnier]

> I have switched to using epa instead of mailcrypt.  The only drawback
> I see is that the command names are not natural; thus, remembering
> them is extra work.
> Shall we give them aliases without `epa-'?  For instance, define
> `mail-encrypt' or `encrypt-mail' as an alias for `epa-mail-encrypt'?

I don't much like this option because of the inability to handle
conflicts.  I'd much rather make M-x a bit more permissive such that M-x
mail-encrypt falls back to epa-mail-encrypt (probably via completion).

One way is something along the lines of the `substring' completion-style
(which we could restrict to substrings that start after a word boundary),
but I think we'd want something less general.

I'm thinking of a way for packages to say "if `mail-encrypt' is matched
by the user's input, then include `epa-mail-encrypt' in the list of
completion candidates".  This would handle conflicts very
straightforwardly since if we have a second rule "if `mail-encrypt' is
matched by the user's input, then include `superduper-mail-encrypt' in
the list of completion candidates" M-x mail-encrypt TAB would simply
provide both options as valid completion candidates.


        Stefan