Re: why is "q" bound to `delete-window' instead of `quit-window' in epa-info-mode?

[Steingold]

> * LdBeth <naqchxr@sbkznvy.pbz> [2021-12-24 10:15:02 +0800]:
>
> It is probably for security reasons, epa-info-mode is for displaying
> decrypted texts, so basically one shouldn't leak that info to the
> others by quit-window and leave the buffer containing sensitively
> information to the others. Although I understand that it might be
> unnecessary to those have sole access to their computer, and neither
> delete-window is safe proof to more advance attacks.

Thank you.
In that case, wouldn't `delete-buffer' be a better choice?
(`delete-window' makes the buffer re-appear after the next
`split-window', which is inconvenient)


>>>>>> In <875yre4zk4.fsf@gnu.org> 
>>>>>>  Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> wrote:
> Sam> Hi,
>
> Sam> Since the initial commit of EasyPG into Emacs (2008-02-08), "q" has been
> Sam> bound to `delete-window' instead of `quit-window' in `epa-info-mode-map'.
>
> Sam> Why?
> Sam> Would it be okay to switch to `quit-window'?

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