[Enigmail] Enigmail fails with GnuPG2 + OpenPGP Card

[Patrick Brunschwig]

Erico Mendonça wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Patrick Brunschwig
> <patrick at mozilla-enigmail.org <mailto:patrick at mozilla-enigmail.org>> wrote:
> 
>     >
>     > Actually there is: try to run it with the option "--version" and fetch
>     > the first line.
>     >
>     > Here's the output for both:
>     >
>     >
>     > [slaughter at slaughterhouse ~]$ gpg --version
> 
> 
>     Right, that's what I do --but I don't want to do this _before_ the user
>     clicks on OK.
> 
> 
> 
> It may sound stupid and inefficient, but some programs do it like this:
> 
> 1. Monitor what is being typed on the field.
> 2. If the user stops typing for more than 2 seconds, try to check if the
> binary exists (in our case, run it with --version)
> 3. update the status line (e.g. "Found GPG version x.x" or "invalid
> executable")
> 4. repeat until success.

Believe it or not, but I considered this option -- and decided against
it for various reasons.

> Or make the field "uneditable" and add a "Browse..." button to it. The
> check will be made when the user ends the file selection dialog.

There is a text entry field and a "Browse ..." button on the dialog.

-Patrick