Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 11/18/2011 11:07, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 11/18/11 1:50 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> My original post was intended to be a humorous jab pointing out the >> irony of restricting our freedom to discuss other, relevant, software >> projects; in the name of freedom. That's all. :) > > Is it reall

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-18 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Friday 18 November 2011 at 2:31:31 AM, in , Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Speaking generally, in English saying something is a > "public so-and-so" means it belongs to the public, not > that it is open to the public. The opposite, a > "private

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 11/18/11 1:50 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > My original post was intended to be a humorous jab pointing out the > irony of restricting our freedom to discuss other, relevant, software > projects; in the name of freedom. That's all. :) Is it really irony at all? The GPL itself restricts freedom for

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 11/18/2011 00:25, Jerome Baum wrote: > For what it's worth, I don't feel that it would be "intolerant and > freedom-of-choice-denying" at all if Symantec were to say "in the PGP > forums you should not advocate other alternatives" because "the PGP > forums" are their turf. gnupg-users is GnuPG-t

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-18 Thread Jerome Baum
On 2011-11-17 22:39, Mark Kirchner wrote: > Am 17.11.2011 21:31, schrieb Robert J. Hansen: >> No: *you* would call them intolerant and freedom-of-choice-denying. >> Please be careful about making universal statements about what the >> world in general would say: the world generally does not confor

Re: GPA File Manager : double-click not possible ?

2011-11-18 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:03, pascal.sartore...@elca.ch said: > For now, I only want to have a look at GPA to see if my company has the > skills required to extend it, then I will use the git access. The git server even allows you to create a tarball. But cloning the repo is much easier. Save you

RE: GPA File Manager : double-click not possible ?

2011-11-18 Thread Sartoretti Pascal
> It is for sure included in the gpg4win source tarball (300mb or so). [Pascal Sartoretti] I only found a tarball named "gpg4win-2.1.0.tar.bz2" of 5.8 MB, could you point me to the 300 MB one ? For now, I only want to have a look at GPA to see if my company has the skills required to extend it, th

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 11/17/2011 4:39 PM, Mark Kirchner wrote: > I used "public" as in "open to the public". At least that was what I was > trying to do, but since I'm not a native speaker, I might have mis-used > the word. Speaking generally, in English saying something is a "public so-and-so" means it belongs to t

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 17/11/11 22:23, MFPA wrote: > For what it's worth, I didn't try to recommend anything. /Somebody/ did though, although I only see a quote and no author... please notice the quote below is quoting yet someone else; it is not Sartoretti who recommended GPGshell. On 15/11/11 09:39, Sartoretti Pas

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-17 Thread Mark Kirchner
Am 17.11.2011 21:31, schrieb Robert J. Hansen: > On 11/17/2011 2:39 PM, Mark Kirchner wrote: >> But please let me re-phrase: Those rules seem to deny people the >> freedom to discuss software alternatives on a public mailing list? > > If this was a public mailing list, I'd agree with you. I used

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-17 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 17 November 2011 at 8:31:04 PM, in , Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Saying, "please do not recommend proprietary software" > is not a rule that gives me the moral heebie-jeebies, > so I'm happy to comply with it. For what it's worth, I

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 11/17/2011 2:39 PM, Mark Kirchner wrote: > But please let me re-phrase: Those rules seem to deny people the > freedom to discuss software alternatives on a public mailing list? If this was a public mailing list, I'd agree with you. This mailing list is owned and operated by private citizens.

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-17 Thread Mark Kirchner
Am 17.11.2011 12:38, schrieb Werner Koch: > Despite that the GNU maintainer rules say that we shall not mention > proprietary software at all I see. So, since my "frown" was obviously misdirected at you, Werner, I think I owe you an apology. But please let me re-phrase: Those rules seem to deny

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-17 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:07, m...@mark-kirchner.de said: > I've always perceived you as a free software advocate, but now at the > same time you seem to try to deny others the freedom to discuss software > alternatives on a public mailing list? And so, in the end, limit the Most mailing lists have

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-16 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Wednesday 16 November 2011 at 10:55:26 PM, in , Milo wrote: > You are missing a slight difference between discussing > alternatives and - more or less - advertising > proprietary software on "GPL-powered" project's mailing > list. A quest

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-16 Thread Milo
On 11/16/2011 11:36 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 11/16/2011 06:59, Werner Koch wrote: >> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:13, expires2...@ymail.com said: >> >>> GPGshell is a GUI frontend for GnuPG. >> >> Note that this is proprietary software. I'd prefer if you would not >> suggest this on a GnuPG mailing l

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-16 Thread Mark Kirchner
Am 16.11.2011 15:59, schrieb Werner Koch: > Note that this is proprietary software. I'd prefer if you would not > suggest this on a GnuPG mailing list. The GNU project (which GnuPG > is a part of) is a about software freedom; proprietary software is > about taking away your freedoms. While I'

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-16 Thread Doug Barton
On 11/16/2011 06:59, Werner Koch wrote: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:13, expires2...@ymail.com said: > >> GPGshell is a GUI frontend for GnuPG. > > Note that this is proprietary software. I'd prefer if you would not > suggest this on a GnuPG mailing list. The GNU project (which GnuPG is a > part of

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-16 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Wednesday 16 November 2011 at 2:59:31 PM, in , Werner Koch wrote: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:13, expires2...@ymail.com said: >> GPGshell is a GUI frontend for GnuPG. > Note that this is proprietary software. I'd prefer if > you would not s

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-16 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:13, expires2...@ymail.com said: > GPGshell is a GUI frontend for GnuPG. Note that this is proprietary software. I'd prefer if you would not suggest this on a GnuPG mailing list. The GNU project (which GnuPG is a part of) is a about software freedom; proprietary software i

Re: GPA File Manager : double-click not possible ?

2011-11-16 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:33, pascal.sartore...@elca.ch said: > I couldn't find GPA's source code in neither the GPG4Win source code, > nor on the GPG4win's web site. Can you point me to the code ? It is for sure included in the gpg4win source tarball (300mb or so). However to get the actually used

RE: GPA File Manager : double-click not possible ?

2011-11-16 Thread Sartoretti Pascal
>> - Is there an easy way to open a file from GPA's "File Manager" window ? > No. However feel free to add support for it. I couldn't find GPA's source code in neither the GPG4Win source code, nor on the GPG4win's web site. Can you point me to the code ? > In case you are using Gpg4win, the Gpg

Re: GPA File Manager

2011-11-15 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Tuesday 15 November 2011 at 8:39:27 AM, in , Sartoretti Pascal wrote: >> Take a look at GPGshell. It will do what you want, >> and them some. > I am confused : is this "GPGshell" the same as the > "GpgEX" component included in the Gpg4Win

Re: GPA File Manager : double-click not possible ?

2011-11-15 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:28, pascal.sartore...@elca.ch said: > - Is there an easy way to open a file from GPA's "File Manager" window ? No. However feel free to add support for it. In case you are using Gpg4win, the GpgEx file explorer extension is much better suited for the task. > - Why is it

RE: GPA File Manager

2011-11-15 Thread Sartoretti Pascal
> Take a look at GPGshell. It will do what you want, and them some. I am confused : is this "GPGshell" the same as the "GpgEX" component included in the Gpg4Win package ? "GpgEX" is described as "GnuPG Shell extension" in the installer. I couldn't find any info on any of those component in the G

GPA File Manager

2011-11-15 Thread John A. Wallace
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GPA File Manager : double-click not possible ?

2011-11-14 Thread Sartoretti Pascal
Hello, I am a new user to the GNU Privacy Assistant; it works fine, but there is one thing that annoys me in the "File Manager" window : it is not possible to double-click on a decrypted file to open it (using the application associated to it in the operating system), I have to open it via Window'