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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2010-05-21 15:36:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2010-05-21 15:36:08 +0200 |
| commit | f50a2533d0e1dfc4c402d44fc387e0efa41f0ec4 (patch) | |
| tree | b49f3094f8f8ff8425ba7b2717af33d841299843 /runtime/doc/options.txt | |
| parent | 6019078ece008a53d6c4abfd822eeaf29b241b2d (diff) | |
A few more changes for encryption. Add test that encrypted file can be read.
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| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/options.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index c07549d079..3493a14bbc 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -2056,12 +2056,21 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. Method used for encryption when the buffer is written to a file: *pkzip* 0 PkZip compatible method. A weak kind of encryption. - backwards compatible with Vim 7.2 and older. + Backwards compatible with Vim 7.2 and older. *blowfish* - 1 Blowfish method. Strong encryption. Not compatible - with Vim 7.2 and older. + 1 Blowfish method. Strong encryption. Requires Vim 7.3 + or later, files can NOT be read by Vim 7.2 and older. + This adds a "seed" to the file, every time you write + the file the encrypted bytes will be different. + When reading an encrypted file 'cryptmethod' will be set automatically - to detected method for the file being read. + to the detected method of the file being read. Thus if you write it + without changing 'cryptmethod' the same method will be used. + Changing 'cryptmethod' does not mark the file as modified, you have to + explicitly write it when not making modifications. + Also see |:X|. + When a new encryption method is added in a later version of Vim, and + the current version does not recognize it, you will get *E821* . *'cscopepathcomp'* *'cspc'* |