Re: [Patch] Documentation for pgg-gpg-use-agent

[Sascha Wilde <wilde@sha-bang.de>]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 23 2006, Sascha Wilde wrote:
>
>> I attached a small patch, adding short documentation for
>> pgg-gpg-use-agent.
> [...]

> Thanks.  Installed in v5-10 with some modifications:
>
> 2006-04-26  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
>
> 	* pgg.texi (Caching passphrase): Fix markup and typos.  Simplify.
>
> | @defvar pgg-gpg-use-agent
> | When using GnuPG (gpg) as PGP scheme you can use @code{gpg-agent} for
> | caching@footnote{Actually @code{gpg-agent} does not cache passphrases
> | but privat keys.  On the other hand, from a users point of view this
> | technical difference isn't visible.}.  If non-@code{nil} try to use a
> | running @code{gpg-agent}.  It defaults to @code{nil}.
> | @end defvar
>
> Is the second sentence in the footnote necessary?

I was uncertain my self, but I thought it might be a good idea to tell
the average user, that there is no need for him to worry about the
difference.  :-)

cheers
sascha
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