From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Leinen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: better than read-hide-char Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:25:58 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000014fb100572482b40" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1533029080 12964 195.159.176.226 (31 Jul 2018 09:24:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:24:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 11:24:35 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 1fkQtP-0003HH-Gr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:24:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57798 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkQvW-0004oa-8v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:26:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45908) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkQuz-0004oT-2l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:26:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkQuy-0003R6-6g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:26:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qt0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22e]:43005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkQuw-0003OI-In; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:26:10 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qt0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id z8-v6so15147225qto.9; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 02:26:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=8CQTiTLCscO/XXk5HiZK6OttbjKYMXw1pZMIwckPUKg=; b=QDvv/6kvDMiEjOzsw5KYy/9u/VnqSxdcWbJ6YzIuz2U9fJXiDP8zuUyS8S97/CTWVU 7pi7al50Orb8dKNIl9SQ95otWkjZXjvd867eNmEzMLghOItKf3aTcam2SGW6dSbWfFNK mLIjpgYL/Xgsw6SEssAeVi4ZGKdAZV6Ez98eUTQJiYWDzkikD4hjESXRZOBt1q1ZC4cM 2yQSikJ3nXXbLPfYPGTq8BeG1JfoaMgZiQnSEFZTeRm0GOc/4m/bPQd3/DpCzdEd3I7w lOuT+OFPj0lqaCgn4FcJXoP8zIaSEFX/kK/28mLDWWkYwMbqw7U/blzDjcHXTPtn8cmU Da+w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8CQTiTLCscO/XXk5HiZK6OttbjKYMXw1pZMIwckPUKg=; b=r3p0vN3bO9F9DZo+HNd7fPgEMGNWixAH1FvxHlIbbqClmf8flgQHGfIJpCojnGHM5k ze9Z3U09SOHSJmXQxvm0Bks/gSUPJ3lftarVDcOxMYD135j2qLF2iw0yNbpTZKAXDC7F Xt6qymE00UwaLhSAEbOOHeXn3Vb419Z4RrgtXvYJidPHqSUVVyB8GF8Lg+le2XdDW2hi xPJxNpxONsnbUnYQn+RaAFFa+/8t7GbKNrq9YQV/rNzgc+nNuooJ3xO7hgYSU0JhE9pq f9DPa+MaeDjMjLzS0Z1Dw76xTpY6sYsWfYRnUgVvw68qKdDJMo1N5R0XjNvG3wmAZ0cQ OjQg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlE4DWcbSQOVOb8UNNrX1XtU8S4vjMoqJDWHn9UgjtE54t1lcBrP 6h8M7lYLugsD0wQ9hNiQBe/eKILkWYqYgh9HUY5XUH4p X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpfFXCC8ciB9TaOIKMrr8UtZrlOWSyz/7/SKGhdmE8Kfwze6stILRUZtXscYBbneOjj51zg949Xyj6PRlxEoFds= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:3730:: with SMTP id o45-v6mr19378023qtb.82.1533029169558; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 02:26:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22e 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:228036 Archived-At: --00000000000014fb100572482b40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > How about a feature whereby instead of ******************* or ............. > the password echoes as 012345678901234567890123456789... That way, you could tell how many characters you have successfully typed > even when they are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70 characters. > That would help people notice some mistakes in long passwords. > I would appreciate such a feature, or anything that tells me in real time how many characters of password I have typed. Whether you start counting from 0 or from 1 is a matter of preference. Maybe that should be customizable. -- Simon. --00000000000014fb100572482b40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
= How about a feature whereby instead of ******************* or .............=
the password echoes as 012345678901234567890123456789...
That way, you could tell how many characters you have successfully typed even when they are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70 characters.
That would help people notice some mistakes in long passwords.

I would appreciate such a feature, or anything that= tells me in real time how many characters of password I have typed. Whethe= r you start counting from 0 or from 1 is a matter of preference. Maybe that= should be customizable.
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Simon.
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