Vim blowfish encryption

I use gpg to work around vim&#x27;s encryption inconsistencies across different versions. This vimrc does the trick for me: <a href="https://gist.github.com/iatrou/9da751368aecdf0a37f1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;iatrou&#x2F;9da751368aecdf0a37f1</a>

while reading this the only thing on my mind is how un-vim that feature is.<p>i would expect an hex editor mode would make much more sense to be added before they went to such shenanigans feature such as frivolous encryption. which can be trivial to use the Unix way... the way hex editing must be done for great pains btw.

I am beginning to think Vim has too many features. And it must be hell managing that codebase.

Can anybody with knowledge of vim see if the GPG plugin at vim.wikia.com is secure with regards to mlock?<p>It is what I currently use. Very convenient. I never trusted something editor-specific.