bug#46902: 27.1; Entering passwords in Emacs Manual needs update (dot -> *)

bug#46902: 27.1; Entering passwords in Emacs Manual needs update (dot -> *)

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Hi, 

I read GNU Emacs Manual and found the section Entering passwords says 
"every character you type is displayed as a dot (@samp{.})”.

After Emacs 27.1 read-passwd uses ‘*’ so I think this needs update.

file: doc/emacs/mini.texi

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bug#46902: 27.1; Entering passwords in Emacs Manual needs update (dot -> *) [PATCH]

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> Hi, 
> 
> I read GNU Emacs Manual and found the section Entering passwords says 
> "every character you type is displayed as a dot (@samp{.})”.
> 
> After Emacs 27.1 read-passwd uses ‘*’ so I think this needs update.
> 
> file: doc/emacs/mini.texi

I made a patch.

FYI commit b3f7e73 updated doc/lispref/minibuf.texi but didn’t update doc/emacs/mini.texi.

Thanks.

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From c9ba0c59b59383d03fe6befd7ba3cfb4e84534a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Masahiro Nakamura <tsuucat@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:08:18 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] * doc/emacs/mini.texi (Entering passwords): Update manual

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 doc/emacs/mini.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
index 4b3f15650c..8662954e2e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ Passwords
 displays a prompt in the echo area (such as @samp{Password: }); after
 you type the required password, press @key{RET} to submit it.  To
 prevent others from seeing your password, every character you type is
-displayed as a dot (@samp{.}) instead of its usual form.
+displayed as a asterisk (@samp{*}) instead of its usual form.
 
   Most of the features and commands associated with the minibuffer
 @emph{cannot} be used when entering a password.  There is no history
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2.28.0

bug#46902: 27.1; Entering passwords in Emacs Manual needs update (dot -> *)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 02:13:24 +0900
> From:  tsuucat via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> I read GNU Emacs Manual and found the section Entering passwords says 
> "every character you type is displayed as a dot (@samp{.})”.
> 
> After Emacs 27.1 read-passwd uses ‘*’ so I think this needs update.
> 
> file: doc/emacs/mini.texi

Thanks, fixed for the upcoming Emacs 27.2.