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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> 				  A wrapper around GnuPG?
>
> Yes.  Anything designed specifically to work with an encryption
> program is encryption-related code.  However, the existence of general
> hooks that could be used for anything does not constitute
> encryption-related code.

Can we have general hooks to invoke a shell stream (which is already
implemented, at least in imap.el) in the code, and then in the manual
describe how to use that mechanism to invoke, e.g., GnuTLS instead?
That is, giving explicit encryption related examples.  Or does the
export ban cover writing too?  I think using general shell streams
could be a reasonable solution, given the circumstances.  It would
make it easier for users if they can cut'n'paste an example to use
GnuTLS.