Re: overlays and movement

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr> writes:

Hi Manuel,

>>> FWIW, here is what I wanted to do. It is not super fast but quite
>>> usable.
>>
>> Interesting.  What purpose does it serve?  :-)
>
> 😅 the purpose I wanted to use that for is to have this mode on when
> viewing a file full of passwords. This way only some passwords +
> context will be visible at a time. A simple/weird shoulder surfing
> protection if you will.

Ah, I see.  I was thinking it was about focusing on just some specific
part of the buffer where I would have suggested to be a more specific
(like current function in code or current sentence/paragraph in prose).

> I know that package like hidepw does this better but this seems fun
> and a way to play with overlays.

That's of course always an excellent reason. :-)

Bye,
Tassilo