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Re: Bug#503096: ITP: alpaca -- GnuPG file handling for Emacs



Hi Tatsuya!

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:58:11 +0200, Tatsuya Kinoshita wrote:
> * Package name    : alpaca
[...]
> * URL             : http://www.mew.org/~kazu/proj/cipher/

I think that a package for one single file is too much.

>   Description     : GnuPG file handling for Emacs
>  `alpaca' is an Emacs Lisp package to edit GnuPG files encrypted with
>  shared-key cryptography on GNU Emacs.
>  .
>  If this package is installed, when handling of a file whose suffix
>  is ".gpg", this package asks your passphrase and then the file is
>  automatically decrypted/encrypted.

What are the advantages of alpaca over EasyPG [1]?  FWIW with EasyPG you
get the same behavior when you handle a .gpg file and I was thinking
that (finally) EasyPG was the Emacs choice for everything GPG related.

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

Footnotes: 
[1] http://www.easypg.org/

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