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Re: auth-source multiple accounts
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: auth-source multiple accounts |
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:15:15 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:39:11 +0100 Uday S Reddy <uDOTsDOTreddy@cs.bham.ac.uk>
wrote:
USR> On 7/28/2010 2:07 PM, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
>> auth-source.el (specifically, auth-source-user-or-password) will work
>> either way. The new query parameter is optional so at worst the user
>> will get the wrong password. There will be no error. So you don't have
>> to give up on old versions. Just warn the user that the account won't
>> be part of the lookup.
USR> Yes, but, if I call auth-source-user-or-password with the extra
USR> parameter, and the user is using an old version of auth-source.el,
USR> there will be an error. But the version number idea is good. I can
USR> test for it before calling.
USR> Let me know when you have the new version ready so that I can test it
USR> along with VM.
There's a much improved `auth-source-search' function in Emacs now. I
think it will do what you need, and you can simply check if it exists
and fall back on `auth-source-user-or-password' otherwise. The
docstring is as complete as I could make it and I hope it answers any
questions.
Thanks
Ted
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