Re: password.el: A minor mode to hide sensitive information (passwords) using overlays.

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

Jürgen Hötzel <juergen@archlinux.org> writes:

Hi Jürgen,

> But there may be situation when you have to deal with passwords in
> plain text files.
>
> Example Usage:
>
> (require 'password-mode)
> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'password-mode)
>
> Source Repository:
>
> https://github.com/juergenhoetzel/password-mode

Nice package. I've tried it with my own ~/.authinfo.gpg file;
unfortunately it doesn't work out of the box due to limitations in
`password-mode-prefix-regex':

- You require a trailing ":" after any string of
  `password-mode-words'. Maybe you could make this optional.

- You allow only alpha numerical characters for passwords. I use also
  special characters like "@" in my passwords, which are not hidden. The
  password regexp could be more general (or customizable).

> Jürgen

Best regards, Michael.