-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rebecca> (load-library "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/mailcrypt") Rebecca> (load-library "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/mc-toplev") Rebecca> (load-library "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/mc-gpg") Rebecca> (load-library "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/mc-setversion") Rebecca> (load-library "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/expect") Rebecca> (mc-setversion "gpg") Rebecca> (require 'mailcrypt "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/") Rebecca> (autoload 'mc-install-write-mode "mailcrypt" nil t) Rebecca> (autoload 'mc-install-read-mode "mailcrypt" nil t) Rebecca> (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'mc-install-write-mode) Hmm.. What versions are involved? I had the package mailcryptng-1.01-pkg installed with XEmacs-21.0 then I installed the original mailcrypt-3.5b7 from <http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt.html> so that I could install the new patches from <ftp://ftp.lothar.com/linux/mailcrypt-3.5b7-gpg5.patch.gz>;. After placing the new patched version in my load path ahead of everything else I found the following as suggested in the patched mailcrypt README adequate. (load-library "mailcrypt") (mc-setversion "gpg") (autoload 'mc-install-write-mode "mailcrypt" nil t) (autoload 'mc-install-read-mode "mailcrypt" nil t) (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'mc-install-write-mode) (add-hook 'mh-folder-mode-hook 'mc-install-read-mode) (add-hook 'mh-letter-mode-hook 'mc-install-write-mode) (setq mc-encrypt-for-me t) (setq mc-default-scheme 'mc-scheme-gpg) This I have not fully tested but seems sane for a start. This exercise brought some questions to mind. 1. What is the recommended way for one to discern that "mailcryptng-1.01-pkg" is based upon "mailcrypt-3.5b7"? 2. How can one see easily what modifications were made to "mailcrypt-3.5b7" when it was packaged and what packaging scaffolding was introduced? 3. Where are the instructions for building a local package? 4. How can one replace or override the official package with a local variant while retaining the official package for a fall back? jam