* bug#4459: 23.1; ERC customize does not hide password from view
@ 2009-09-17 14:00 Robin Green
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Robin Green @ 2009-09-17 14:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:
If I use the Customize mode to set a password for ERC to try automatically, Customize does not hide the password from view. (Incidentally, I can't hide the password from view by clicking the relevant show/hide arrow afterwards, either - it refuses to hide anything.)
To reproduce this, in ERC major mode (reachable with M-x erc), choose Customize from the ERC menu. Then choose the Erc Services group. Then, under "Erc Nickserv Passwords:", press the INS button and choose some Network name. Press the INS buton under "Nickname and password:" and enter some arbitrary nickname and password. The password is visible on the screen (unlike when ERC prompts for a password itself, when it hides the password by printing periods instead of the actual password characters).
If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
`bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/usr/share/emacs/23.1/etc/DEBUG for instructions.
In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.17.9)
of 2009-08-31 on x86-4.fedora.phx.redhat.com
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10699901
configured using `configure '--build=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--target=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-dbus' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xft' '--with-xpm' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-bu
ffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables''
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME: nil
value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Custom
Minor modes in effect:
erc-list-mode: t
erc-menu-mode: t
erc-autojoin-mode: t
erc-ring-mode: t
erc-networks-mode: t
erc-pcomplete-mode: t
erc-track-mode: t
erc-track-minor-mode: t
erc-match-mode: t
erc-button-mode: t
erc-fill-mode: t
erc-stamp-mode: t
erc-netsplit-mode: t
erc-irccontrols-mode: t
erc-noncommands-mode: t
erc-move-to-prompt-mode: t
erc-readonly-mode: t
tooltip-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
global-auto-composition-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
column-number-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent input:
*censored because it contains a password*
Recent messages:
Creating customization items ...done
Resetting customization items...done
Creating customization setup...done
Mark set
M-TAB: complete field; RET: enter value
To install your edits, invoke [State] and choose the Set operation
custom-toggle-hide: There are unsaved changes [5 times]
byte-code: Beginning of buffer [8 times]
Saving file /home/greenrd/.emacs...
Wrote /home/greenrd/.emacs
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* bug#4459: 23.1; ERC customize does not hide password from view
@ 2009-09-18 16:37 Chong Yidong
2009-09-18 17:09 ` Michael Olson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chong Yidong @ 2009-09-18 16:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robin Green; +Cc: 4459, Michael Olson
> If I use the Customize mode to set a password for ERC to try
> automatically, Customize does not hide the password from
> view. (Incidentally, I can't hide the password from view by clicking
> the relevant show/hide arrow afterwards, either - it refuses to hide
> anything.)
> To reproduce this, in ERC major mode (reachable with M-x erc), choose
> Customize from the ERC menu. Then choose the Erc Services group. Then,
> under "Erc Nickserv Passwords:", press the INS button and choose some
> Network name. Press the INS buton under "Nickname and password:" and
> enter some arbitrary nickname and password. The password is visible on
> the screen (unlike when ERC prompts for a password itself, when it
> hides the password by printing periods instead of the actual password
> characters).
I'm afraid this is not really feasible to fix, because of the way
Customize is designed.
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* bug#4459: 23.1; ERC customize does not hide password from view
2009-09-18 16:37 bug#4459: 23.1; ERC customize does not hide password from view Chong Yidong
@ 2009-09-18 17:09 ` Michael Olson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Olson @ 2009-09-18 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chong Yidong; +Cc: 4459, Robin Green
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
>> If I use the Customize mode to set a password for ERC to try
>> automatically, Customize does not hide the password from
>> view. (Incidentally, I can't hide the password from view by clicking
>> the relevant show/hide arrow afterwards, either - it refuses to hide
>> anything.)
>
>> To reproduce this, in ERC major mode (reachable with M-x erc), choose
>> Customize from the ERC menu. Then choose the Erc Services group. Then,
>> under "Erc Nickserv Passwords:", press the INS button and choose some
>> Network name. Press the INS buton under "Nickname and password:" and
>> enter some arbitrary nickname and password. The password is visible on
>> the screen (unlike when ERC prompts for a password itself, when it
>> hides the password by printing periods instead of the actual password
>> characters).
>
> I'm afraid this is not really feasible to fix, because of the way
> Customize is designed.
Would it make sense for me to turn this variable into a defvar instead
of a defcustom, so that users can't accidentally set it in their emacs
init file?
--
Michael Olson || http://mwolson.org/
Projects: Emacs, Muse, ERC, EMMS
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