Changing preferences

[reynt0]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
  . . .
> GnuPG's preference lists are arcane and counterintuitive, and the source
> of a great deal of frustration.  If it would help to get some
> documentation written outlining precisely how it works and why, I would
> be happy to stop the bikeshedding and actually write it up.

If it will help, I'll volunteer to proofread/review-attentively-
and-comment-on what you write up.  Not to criticize, but to
display my ignorance and easy confusion :^) .