On 2010-04-12 06:28:17 -0700, Michael Elkins wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 01:27:42PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >Moreover > > > > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, %s, or (c)lear? > > > >has recently been changed to: > > > > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, toggle %s, or (c)lear? > > > >The new form is less clear. For instance, one had: > > > > PGP: Encrypt (PGP/MIME) > > > >and it was proposed: > > > > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, (i)nline, or (c)lear? > > > >So, 'i' would set to inline. Now one gets: > > > > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, toggle (i)nline, or (c)lear? > > > >but toggle is done between two states, and this doesn't appear > >clearly. "toggle format" might be better. > > The reason for the change was that the original prompt was unclear > to a user. This user thought that 'i' would do an inline signature. > Thus I was trying to make it more clear what that key did.
But isn't the inline format an inline signature? > Would this be better? > > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, use %s format, or (c)lear? > > Thus: > > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, use (i)nline format, or (c)lear? > PGP (e)ncrypt, (s)ign, sign (a)s, (b)oth, use PGP/M(i)ME format, or (c)lear? You could remove "use". BTW, perhaps the inline / PGP/MIME switch could be removed. The manual says: Also note that using the old-style PGP message format is strongly deprecated. (PGP only) So, an option could be sufficient for users who really need it (possibly better with send-hook). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
