From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: better than read-hide-char Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:08:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1324f090-d53f-4e0e-81a8-ec86c23f9422@default> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1533049583 14078 195.159.176.226 (31 Jul 2018 15:06:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:06:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab , Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 17:06:18 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWE6-0003Z0-No for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:06:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59320 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWGD-0002um-5s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:08:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56181) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWG1-0002tB-DD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:08:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWFv-0006lN-R2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:08:17 -0400 Original-Received: from userp2120.oracle.com ([156.151.31.85]:60716) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWFv-0006kq-Fk; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from pps.filterd (userp2120.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by userp2120.oracle.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id w6VF4Ehp087720; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:10 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=mime-version : message-id : date : from : sender : to : cc : subject : references : in-reply-to : content-type : content-transfer-encoding; s=corp-2018-07-02; bh=3pUCPeqXx9rcHpIGfFgYE+yGzJpdjj0nFB5SfQ/X2EQ=; b=hIydroRGUwO8kymOOAC1eBkPYTlzIN0NYbRivqUrXz3OqH9QtD8pMJcO0XllhA2vSJs0 96RzQh213ad21pSSwgoRcH7P+XvMHQCWn/1l6C4yaUEFmDSH9cfAeXZc0Tpt7C5h+EMz x+VJ/MKjjWxiKM6XfzHJ8P/OvoUAvXb4SCvASIFgwGG+61Gf0xwzq5omw4Gn16NM50oP XugvJi5vVUwf7FX0EDHo5kBx++vADowv04KCo9uTMuy0v+VnBMBv9vk9/aj6xU+WbqHB RAeSmBghr4tbCZvY98UgByYGu9tIE1UXE+tWZViAlZkJbroYO+a0BUIuvzgqFGYjuJGg nw== Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp2120.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2kgh4q1dfe-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:10 +0000 Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w6VF89P1005502 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id w6VF89pb028805; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:09 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4717.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=8970 signatures=668706 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=811 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1806210000 definitions=main-1807310139 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.85 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:228040 Archived-At: > > How about a feature whereby instead of ******************* or .........= .... > > the password echoes as 012345678901234567890123456789... > > That way, you could tell how many characters you have successfully type= d > > even when they are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70 characters. > > That would help people notice some mistakes in long passwords. Sounds good to me. But maybe can see a downside? > Another feature would be to temporarily unhide the input. A user deserves feedback for whether a key actually was depressed sufficien= tly, i.e., whether Emacs received it. That's the reason for showing *** or = ....