From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Clément Pit-Claudel" <cpitclaudel@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: questions about correct reveal-mode usage to hide passwords
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:33:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvftb1bjb2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fb81164f-2cf6-b8da-5eac-e202644c30c5@gmail.com> ("Clément Pit-Claudel"'s message of "Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:21:45 -0400")
>> One[1] uses font-lock mode to adapt to
>> change dynamically, which works well for live editing, but you can't see
>> the password when you're editing it.
> font-lock is the perfect way to implement this, and it should be easy to
I'd recommend using jit-lock rather than font-lock.
It might be a case of bikeshedding, but I think it will be both easier
to implement and more robust.
Stefan
PS: I assume it installs *overlays* rather than text properties.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-11 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-11 14:09 questions about correct reveal-mode usage to hide passwords Ted Zlatanov
2020-06-11 14:21 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-06-11 17:33 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2020-06-11 17:43 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-06-11 17:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-11 18:31 ` Ted Zlatanov
2020-06-11 19:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-12 16:17 ` Ted Zlatanov
2020-06-12 16:35 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-06-12 17:08 ` Ted Zlatanov
2020-06-16 18:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2020-06-18 18:38 ` Ted Zlatanov
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