mcEncrypt

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Richmond,

In the dictionary of LC 6.5, mcEncrypt is still mentioned as a good way 
to check whether a password, obtained with the ask password command, is 
correct. This is stated in the entry for "ask password".

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On 1/12/2014 19:41, Richmond wrote:
> I just had a look at the docmentation in 6.5.1 Community and it says
> this of mcEncrypt:
>
> "Reserved for internal use."
>
> AND it says much the same thing in LC 3.5 and 4.5 (i.e. commercial
> versions).
>
> If it is 'reserved' I don't quite understand how it can be leveraged by
> us peons, externally.
>
> Typing 'mcEncrypt' into the Metacard Dictionary (!!!!) ends up with the
> same thing.
>
> NOW: 'mcEncrypt' is, either, available for all (at which point the
> Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy is at it again),
> or it is reserved for Kevin Miller and Co.
>
> What is 100% true is that the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy does not
> tell one how to use the thing.
>
> Richmond.
>