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authorGravatar Alexander Batischev <eual.jp@gmail.com> 2019-03-09 00:36:38 +0300
committerGravatar Alexander Batischev <eual.jp@gmail.com> 2019-03-09 00:36:38 +0300
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fixup! fixup! fixup! fixup! Expand docs on passwords for remote APIs
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@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ password in plain text. If the file doesn't exit, is unreadable, or its first
line is empty, Newsboat will exit with an error.
The third setting Newsboat checks is `REMOTEAPI-passwordeval`. It should
-contain a command that, when executed, will print out the password. If the
-first line of command's output is empty, or the command fails to execute,
-Newsboat will exit with an error. This is the most versatile of all the
-options, because it lets you emulate every other and more; let's look at it in
-more detail.
+contain a command that, when executed, will print out the password to stdout.
+stderr will be passed through to the terminal.
+
+If the first line of command's output is empty, or the command fails to
+execute, Newsboat will exit with an error. This is the most versatile of all
+the options, because it lets you emulate every other and more; let's look at it
+in more detail.
For example, a user might want to store their password in a file encrypted by
GPG. They create the file like that: