From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Olson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4459: 23.1; ERC customize does not hide password from view Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:09:31 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87my4s1a6j.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Michael Olson , 4459@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253296439 18347 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2009 17:53:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:53:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4459@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Robin Green To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 18 19:53:52 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MoheZ-0004Fa-67 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:53:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36963 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoheY-0003PH-LO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:53:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MohEk-0008Kf-Es for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MohEg-0008Iu-RF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55415 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MohEg-0008Ip-N8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:60571) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MohEe-0000qd-Qs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8IHR2Uf027815; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:27:02 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8IHF5fq025920; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:15:05 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:15:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Michael Olson Original-Sender: me@mwolson.org Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:15:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4459 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4459-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4459.125329379825138 (code B ref 4459); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:15:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4459) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 18 Sep 2009 17:09:58 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f184.google.com (mail-iw0-f184.google.com [209.85.223.184]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8IH9uCA025126 for <4459@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:09:58 -0700 Original-Received: by iwn14 with SMTP id 14so758657iwn.13 for <4459@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:09:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.231.122.162 with SMTP id l34mr2253532ibr.20.1253293791128; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:09:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [209.104.55.5] In-Reply-To: <87my4s1a6j.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: d53e8cbbb63ed310 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:10 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:31225 Archived-At: On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Chong Yidong wrote: >> If I use the Customize mode to set a password for ERC to try >> automatically, Customize does not hide the password from >> view. (Incidentally, I can't hide the password from view by clicking >> the relevant show/hide arrow afterwards, either - it refuses to hide >> anything.) > >> To reproduce this, in ERC major mode (reachable with M-x erc), choose >> Customize from the ERC menu. Then choose the Erc Services group. Then, >> under "Erc Nickserv Passwords:", press the INS button and choose some >> Network name. Press the INS buton under "Nickname and password:" and >> enter some arbitrary nickname and password. The password is visible on >> the screen (unlike when ERC prompts for a password itself, when it >> hides the password by printing periods instead of the actual password >> characters). > > I'm afraid this is not really feasible to fix, because of the way > Customize is designed. Would it make sense for me to turn this variable into a defvar instead of a defcustom, so that users can't accidentally set it in their emacs init file? -- Michael Olson || http://mwolson.org/ Projects: Emacs, Muse, ERC, EMMS