>>>>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:17:02 +0100, Colin Baxter <m43...@yandex.com> said:
>>>>> <to...@tuxteam.de> writes: >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:18:50PM +0100, Colin Baxter wrote: >>> [...] I set the variable `epa-pinentry-mode' to loopback as in >>> >>> #+begin_src elisp (setq epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback) #+end_src >>> >>> This seems to work. >> Oh, thanks -- this answers the question I only half-posed :) >> BTW: the variable documentation says to use `epg-pinentry-mode' >> for Emacs versions >= 27.1 Colin> I remember I had this epa/epg issue a while ago, I think with Colin> emacs-26.3. Putting the variable as `epa-pinentry-mode' worked for me, but Colin> `epg-pinentry-mode' didn't. I've not looked at it since. It still works Colin> for me with emacs-27.1 and I thought it best to leave it alone. :-) epa-pinentry-mode is a variable defined in `epg-config.el'. Its value is nil This variable is an alias for `epg-pinentry-mode'. This variable is obsolete since 27.1; use `epg-pinentry-mode' instead. That means you should be good for at least another two emacs releases or so (5 years, 8? who knows). Robert