From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/86315 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: auth-source backend stuff Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 11:55:16 +0800 Message-ID: <8737w0atwb.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87d1v9kye0.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <8737w0psm7.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448078250 32133 80.91.229.3 (21 Nov 2015 03:57:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:57:30 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M34547@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Nov 21 04:57:14 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzzIO-0005Fx-MM for ding-account@gmane.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:57:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzzHI-0006Vz-GE; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:55:56 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzzHF-0006VY-Tn for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:55:54 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzzHE-00085m-Aj for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:55:53 -0600 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzzHC-00066N-CB for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:55:50 +0100 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzzGv-00034R-10 for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:55:33 +0100 Original-Received: from 114.248.12.165 ([114.248.12.165]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:55:33 +0100 Original-Received: from eric by 114.248.12.165 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:55:33 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 114.248.12.165 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:PKNvnSgcABulLsY2YpNXx6vmj5Q= X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:86315 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:06:47 +0800 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > > EA> I see that auth-source.el is written to provide backend subclassing, but > EA> I've found the system as a whole a bit confusing to grasp. I've got a > EA> couple of questions I'm hoping someone can provide pointers for. > > I wrote docs for it here: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/143198/focus=144282 but the > demand hasn't been high for custom backends. > > I think the :create stuff is what confuses people the most. Thanks for this! It was also enough to clue me in to the fact that auth-source has its own info manual, which I hadn't realized. Between the various explanations I ought to be able to make this work. Thanks! Eric