Life Jazzer wrote:
> I am using GVim version 7.0 on Microsoft Windows XP box. I have a question
> regarding Vim capability to encrypt a text file (the :X command).
>
> These are steps how I create the encrypted text file:
> - I fire up Vim ;
> - Type :X and enter an encryption key twice ;
> - Type some text ;
> - Write the buffer into a file with :w encrypted_text.txt ;
> - Quit Vim with :q ;
>
> When I fire up Vim back and type :e encrypted_text.txt, it sweetly prompts me
> for the encryption key to read the content.
>
> The problem is when I open the from Windows Explorer by right clicking on the
> file and choose `Edit with Vim` from the popped menu, Vim display the content
> of the file in plain text without prompting for the encryption key that was
> set to the text file.
>
> I checked gui_w32.txt file and read about adding `Edit with Vim` entry via
> registry. I do not see any parameters were set in there so I assumed, choosing
> `Edit with Vim` is simple running `gvim.exe file_name.ext`. So, I manually try
> running `gvim.exe encrypted_text.txt` from console and yes, it DOES NOT prompt
> me for encryption key and the content of the file is displayed in plain text.
>
> Curios about this issue, I switch to my GNU/Linux box (Slackware 10.2 with the
> vim-6.8). I recreate the encrypted_text.txt and by running the command
> `gvim encrypted_text.txt` from console, it DOES PROMPT me efor the encryption
> key to view the content.
>
> I have asked folks in #vim on Freenode and one of them said that when they do
> the same thing as I've described here, it DOES prompt for the encryption key.
>
> My questions are:
> - Is it a `feature`? :) ;
> - Any idea what possibly could cause this if it is not a `feature`?
>
> Many thanks in advanced if any Vim enlightened user would share some
> knowledge.
It works fine for me. Perhaps you have something in your startup
scripts that prevents the prompt from showing up. Try running "gvim -u
NONE thefile". If it works OK then, put a "finish" command in various
positions in your _vimrc or remove plugins to find out which one causes
the problem.
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