From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: schwab@suse.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
1104-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, jidanni@jidanni.org
Subject: Re: pasting a password
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:37:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wrjxmxc.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvhc67clqf.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:10:59 -0500")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> How 'bout using a completely different approach: setup a display-table
> so that all chars get displayed as *, or else (so that the prompt can
> be displayed properly) use an after-change-function to add a `display'
> (or composition) property. I.e. use normal editing, and only cause
> the display to use *.
That would allow you to copy the contents of the password prompt. My
understanding is that most applications don't allow that (if you
accidentally leave the terminal without pressing enter, someone would be
able to copy what you've typed, paste it somewhere else, and view it in
cleartext).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-16 23:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-16 6:01 pasting a password Chong Yidong
2008-11-16 8:38 ` Andreas Schwab
2008-11-16 16:08 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-16 19:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-16 20:55 ` jidanni
2008-11-16 21:07 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-16 23:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-16 23:37 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2008-11-16 22:25 ` Juri Linkov
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