Proposal - variable line width for ASCII armor output
Stefan Claas
sac at 300baud.de
Thu Feb 27 00:13:13 CET 2020
Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Michał Górny wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2020-02-26 at 13:34 -0500, vedaal via Gnupg-users wrote:
> > >
> > > On 2/26/2020 at 11:27 AM, "Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users"
> > > <gnupg-users at gnupg.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I like to make a proposal for future versions of GnuPG,
> > > > where a user can change the line witdh of ASCII armor
> > > > output.
> > >
> > > =====
> > >
> > > It would not be compatible with older versions.
> > >
> > > The simplest thing for you, (or any users who prefer the aesthetics of a
> > > particular custom line width), would be to first make the GnuPG ascii
> > > armored message, then change it as you want to and copy, paste, and post,
> > > with a little note of how to change it back for verification.
> > >
> >
> > Why 'change it back'? Unless I'm mistaken, GPG shouldn't have any real
> > problem with a different base64 width, as long as the overall layout is
> > preserved. I've just did a quick test and GPG is entirely happy with
> > the result after rewrapping at 50 chars, as well as after cheap
> > rewrapping with uneven lines.
>
> Just did a quick test ... :-)
>
> -----BEGIN PGP ARMORED FILE-----
> Comment: Use "gpg --dearmor" for unpacking
>
> VGhhbmtzIGZvciBwb2ludGluZyB0aGF0IG91dCEgSG
> VyZSBpcyBhIHF1aWNrCnRlc3Qgc2hvd2luZyB0aGF0
> IGl0IHdvcmtzLgoKUmVnYXJkcwpTdGVmYW4K=cex4
> -----END PGP ARMORED FILE-----
Works also nicely with signatures. :-)
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Hash: SHA256
Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Victor
quer über den großen Sylter
Deich.
Grüße
Stefan
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Regards
Stefan
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