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Commit 8a75937c authored by ulif's avatar ulif
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Update README.

Tell about the new default wordlist.
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......@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ Once installed, use ``--help`` to list all available options::
-w NAME, --wordlist NAME
Use words from this wordlist. Possible values: `en',
`en_eff', `en_orig', `en_securedrop'. Wordlists are
stored in the folder displayed below. Default:
en_securedrop
stored in the folder displayed below. Default: en_eff
-v, --verbose Be verbose. Use several times for increased verbosity.
--version output version information and exit.
......@@ -167,10 +166,13 @@ rolls required.
We support even sources of randomness from other packages. See the
`documentation <https://diceware.readthedocs.io/>`_ for more details.
`diceware` comes with an English wordlist provided by Heartsucker,
which will be used by default and contains 8192 different words. This
list is based off the original diceware list written by Arnold G.
Reinhold.
`diceware` comes with an English wordlist provided by the EFF_, which will be
used by default and contains 7776 (=6^6) different words. This list is stored
as ``en_eff``.
Additionally `diceware` comes with an English wordlist provided by Heartsucker,
which contains 8192 different words. This list is based off the original
diceware list written by Arnold G. Reinhold.
Both the original and 8k diceware wordlists by Mr. Reinhold are provided.
You can enable a certain (installed) wordlist with the ``-w`` option::
......@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ directory. This file could look like this::
specials = 2
delimiter = "MYDELIMITER"
randomsource = "system"
wordlist = "en"
wordlist = "en_securedrop"
The options names have to match long argument names, as output by
``--help``. The values set must meet the requirements valid for
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