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Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw
From: |
Francis Moreau |
Subject: |
Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Mar 2011 23:43:50 -0800 (PST) |
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On Mar 8, 8:26 pm, Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Francis Moreau <francis.m...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpia...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> Francis Moreau <francis.m...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > [...]
>
> >>> Is there anyways to avoid this. I just prefer type my passphrase every
> >>> time it's needed instead of having a broken interface which drivers me
> >>> crazy.
>
> > juste to clarify, I just prefer type my passphrase in emacs.
>
> >> Try to turn off gpg-agent and uninstall pinentry.
>
> > No way !
>
> > I'm not going to uninstall gpg-agent because emacs is broken !
>
> I agree with you. The solution I use is to have the following in my
> emacs initialisation:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (require 'epa)
> (if (not window-system)
> (setenv "GPG_AGENT_INFO" nil)) ;to avoid graphical pop-up when on tty
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> this will cause emacs to use the mini-buffer for passphrase input so it
> solves one problems; unfortunately, it means that the passphrase is not
> cached (i.e. by gpg-agent) so you may have to type it repeatedly. so
> it's not a complete solution...
BTW, you could improve this a little perhaps by setting the pinentry
program to the gtk version (pinentry-gtk) if it's installed and if
it's not then disabling the use of gpg-agent with the environment
variable like you did.
Thanks
- Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, (continued)
Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/03/05
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- Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Francis Moreau, 2011/03/05
- Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/03/05
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- Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Francis Moreau, 2011/03/06
- Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Ted Zlatanov, 2011/03/07
- Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Francis Moreau, 2011/03/09
Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Eric S Fraga, 2011/03/08
Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Francis Moreau, 2011/03/09
Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw,
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Re: EasyPG Assistant and emacs -nw, Eric S Fraga, 2011/03/09