Re: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?

[vm user]

On Jul 25, 4:04 pm, Uday S Reddy <uDOTsDOTre...@cs.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
> vm user wrote:
>
> > does this mean that the keychain would be available to all emacs
> > application using passwords?  e.g. vm, tramp, epg...  that would
> > certainly be fantastic...
>
> I have just added auth-source retrieval of passwords to VM.  It is on the
> trunk, revision 891.  So, whatever sources are supported by auth-source will 
> be
> available in VM.

nice

> It seems quite painless to use EasyPG-encrypted storage (.authinfo.gpg file).
> Please give it a try.

certainly an improvement!  would still be good to have the keychain
support, as this would mean that a password needs to be typed only
upon login...

> Cheers,
> Uday