Re: vi and crypto

[Seth Arnold <sarnold_(_at_)_willamette_(_dot_)_edu>]

* Jim Breton <jamesb-openbsd_(_at_)_alongtheway_(_dot_)_com> [001207 23:48]:
> In what way exactly do vi and ed "directly support encryption services?"

You know, I forgot all about this option.

My Debian's vim supports the -x flag for encrypting/decrypting files.

Even though the /usr/src/usr.bin/vi/docs/USD.dic/exref/ex.rm document
mentions an -x flag, the actual /usr/src/usr.bin/vi/common/main.c file
doesn't support it -- getopt is called with "c:D:eFlRrSsT:t:vw:" or
"c:eFlRrSst:vw:" (depending on debugging).

It looks like the newer nvi vi we use doesn't support -x encryption any
more. :-/

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