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Change prompt from generic 'Command>' to 'gnupg>'
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Description

A Debian user requested, that the prompt of GnuPG should be changed from the
generic 'command>' to something program-specific like 'gnupg>' or 'GnuPG>'. This
is useful to know, which program provides the prompt.

Details

External Link
http://bugs.debian.org/567580
Version
1.4.10

Event Timeline

dleidert set External Link to http://bugs.debian.org/567580.Jan 29 2010, 11:27 PM
dleidert set Version to 1.4.10.
dleidert added a subscriber: dleidert.

Taking a look at the code, it would require to adjust

gnupg_1_4/g10/keyedit.c:1619
gnupg_1_4/g10/card-util.c:1820

and the documentation.

Changed in all branches (svn rev 5256).
The prompts are now:

gpg>

or in --card-edit:

gpg/gpgsm>
werner claimed this task.

In card edit it is:

gpg/card>

of course.

werner closed this task as Resolved.