From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to hide privacy sensitive information from display in emacs buffers? Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 18:32:03 +0300 Message-ID: <83h8nal0cs.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fu2ub8ne.fsf@len.workgroup> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1526311840 23375 195.159.176.226 (14 May 2018 15:30:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 15:30:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 14 17:30:36 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1fIFQm-0005xB-Ne for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2018 17:30:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43406 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fIFSt-0007FB-W5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2018 11:32:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38232) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fIFSG-0006ca-1X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2018 11:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fIFSB-0003VT-1o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2018 11:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40753) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fIFSA-0003VN-Tl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2018 11:31:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4785 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fIFSA-0004vD-B4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2018 11:31:58 -0400 In-reply-to: <87fu2ub8ne.fsf@len.workgroup> (message from Gregor Zattler on Mon, 14 May 2018 16:43:01 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116734 Archived-At: > From: Gregor Zattler > Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 16:43:01 +0200 > > how would you hide privacy sensitive information (say email > addresses, names, perhaps even fingerprints) from display in > emacs buffers while e.g. giving a presentation? > > Are there better options than font-locking with a black on black > face? You could use display properties or overlays to display something else instead of the sensitive information.