Re: existing work on TODO items

[Ken Manheimer]

On 1/10/06, Richard M. Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>     > i don't understand what you mean by "the general facility in TODO".
>
>     ** Implement a variant of uncompress.el or jka-compr.el that works with
>       GNU Privacy Guard for encryption.  [Code exists but isn't assigned.
>       See the Gnus development sources for assigned code concerning GPG
>       use with mail, which is probably a good start.]  See also
>       http://www.loveshack.ukfsn.org/emacs/auto-crypt.tgz.
>
> I'm not sure I'd call that "general"; rather, it is different.
> It is a more convenient interface.
>
> I don't see that it would make the current allout.el encryption
> feature unnecessary.

if i'm understanding correctly, i agree totally.

the TODO item describes something that will provide
encryption/decryption at the granularity of the entire file.  i
already had that (in the form of an addon elisp package, i think it's
crypt++), but i am finding allout's easy articulation of encrypted
_portions_ of a file, in the form of encrypted topics, to be as useful
as i hoped - way way more useful for  the kinds of things i need.  ie,
the ability to privately note passwords, lock combinations, sensitive
comments and reminders, etc, in-line with the plain-text context where
i need them.  sliced-bread-caliber useful, for me. :-)  i'm hoping to
convey that usefulness to others...

ken manheimer
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