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On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:25:09PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:

> This list is dedicated to GNU Emacs, in GNU Emacs you can use the
> function `read-passwd', see the GNU Emacs Lisp manual for more
> information.

You may type M-x send-invisible RET, then the line you type will not
appear on the screen.

-- 
fabrice bauzac
Software should be free.  http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html