Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6D76DE09B0 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:00:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.792 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.792 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.140, SPF_NEUTRAL=0.652] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id v_Iw1H-Uxh4E for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:00:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guru.guru-group.fi (guru.guru-group.fi [46.183.73.34]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB5646DE099D for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:00:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guru.guru-group.fi (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by guru.guru-group.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96FD5100033; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 21:00:29 +0300 (EEST) From: Tomi Ollila To: David Edmondson , Daniel Kahn Gillmor , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: using the fringe to indicate good signatures In-Reply-To: References: <87d1xtn8s8.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> <87twr5jtqy.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.20.2+68~g0c35549 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Face: HhBM'cA~ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:00:37 -0000 On Tue, Sep 08 2015, David Edmondson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 08 2015, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >>> More seriously, we could use the indentation space for a similar >>> indicator, which would allow us some room at an appropriate depth for >>> each message (but not each part (in the default configuration)). >> >> hm, but couldn't the indentation space be spoofed by a well-crafted >> message? that is: a non-indented message will consume space up to (but >> not including) the fringe. so a well-crafted message could be made to >> *look* like an indented message, including whatever is comparable to the >> chrome/UI elements we would use for an actual signed message. > > Yes, I guess that is possible at some level. > > The fringe is a bitmap - we could use the leftmost vertical line of it > for the outermost component, next line for the next component, ... > > Or perhaps use images: > - all levels of the message at this line are "good", > - some of the levels of the message at this line are "good". > > Or maybe display a QR code in the fringe, and you point your phone at it > to find out what is going on? QR-code does not fit into my 1-pixel-wide fringes, but barcode perhaps ;) > >> I think it is also acceptable to just punt at some level -- we can say >> "notmuch-emacs will indicate the outermost signed message part in the >> fringe; it will not indicate nested signed messages in the fringe". >> this is still an improvement from the status quo. > _______________________________________________ > notmuch mailing list > notmuch@notmuchmail.org > http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch