Proposal - variable line width for ASCII armor output

[Stefan Claas]

Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote:

> Michał Górny wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2020-02-26 at 13:34 -0500, vedaal via Gnupg-users wrote:  
> > > 
> > > On 2/26/2020 at 11:27 AM, "Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users"
> > > <gnupg-users at gnupg.org> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > I like to make a proposal for future versions of GnuPG,
> > > > where a user can change the line witdh of ASCII armor
> > > > output.  
> > > 
> > > =====
> > > 
> > > It would not be compatible with older versions.
> > > 
> > > The simplest thing for you, (or any users who prefer the aesthetics of a
> > > particular custom line width), would be to first make the GnuPG ascii
> > > armored message, then change it as you want to and copy, paste, and post,
> > > with a little note of how to change it back for verification.
> > >   
> > 
> > Why 'change it back'?  Unless I'm mistaken, GPG shouldn't have any real
> > problem with a different base64 width, as long as the overall layout is
> > preserved.  I've just did a quick test and GPG is entirely happy with
> > the result after rewrapping at 50 chars, as well as after cheap
> > rewrapping with uneven lines.  
> 
> Just did a quick test ... :-)
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP ARMORED FILE-----
> Comment: Use "gpg --dearmor" for unpacking
> 
> VGhhbmtzIGZvciBwb2ludGluZyB0aGF0IG91dCEgSG
> VyZSBpcyBhIHF1aWNrCnRlc3Qgc2hvd2luZyB0aGF0
> IGl0IHdvcmtzLgoKUmVnYXJkcwpTdGVmYW4K=cex4
> -----END PGP ARMORED FILE-----

Works also nicely with signatures. :-)

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Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Victor
quer über den großen Sylter
Deich. 

Grüße
Stefan
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Regards
Stefan


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