Re: Gnus 5.10.6 problems with PGP/MIME (test cases)

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> In <7334ab51-5c86-4d97-92cb-21f2e7debd8d@well-done.deisui.org>
>>>>>	Daiki Ueno wrote:

> Now my understanding is that, the problem is, unless --textmode is
> specified, a sender and a receiver using non-MIME encryption have to
> make an out-of-band agreement to specify line endings.  Right?

> If so, --textmode is still needed for non-MIME encryption.  And also, if
> "MIME canonical format" in RFC3156 is intended to have CRLF line
> endings, specifying --textmode in PGP/MIME is harmless.

> However, always specifying --textmode might not be a good idea.  Because
> applications other than MUA will need encryption of raw binary data.

Currently, `pgg-gpg-encrypt-region' doesn't seem to support raw
binary data because it uses `pgg-as-lbt', which converts LF to
CRLF.  Should it be simply removed?

> I attach a patch which allows users to select text-mode or binary-mode
> by setting pgg-text-mode.

> +(defvar pgg-text-mode nil
> +  "If t, inform the recipient that the input is text.")

Even if it is useful, may we make it default to t?