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diff --git a/doc/chapter-password.txt b/doc/chapter-password.txt index c3014770..b8402046 100644 --- a/doc/chapter-password.txt +++ b/doc/chapter-password.txt @@ -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: |