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Auto-saving encrypted files

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From: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 6271 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6271: Auto-saving encrypted files
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 20:59:52 +0900

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> Currently auto-save is disabled for files that are encrypted by
> epa-file.  While auto-saving without encrypting would indeed be
> completely wrong, we should make it work right by auto-saving the
> file in its encrypted form.
> AFAICT, this should be doable by letting the magic file name handler
> catch the #.*\.gpg# files as well.

Basically agreed, but a user will be prompted for passphrase each time
symmetric encryption takes place unless she enables passphrase caching.
So we should check the user setting at least.  Currently I don't see any
other issues.

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno

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