bug#1104: marked as done ([emacs-w3m:10380] Re: pasting a password)

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From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-w3m@namazu.org
Subject: Re: [emacs-w3m:10380] Re: pasting a password
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:26:47 +0800
Message-ID: <87r66t114o.fsf@jidanni.org>

Dear bug-gnu-emacs:
The challenge: attempt to paste this password into the w3m password
entry field.

>>>>> "DW" == Debian Wiki <debian-www@lists.debian.org> writes:

DW> Somebody has requested to submit your account data to this email address.
DW> If you lost your password, please use the data below and just enter the
DW> password AS SHOWN into the wiki's password form field (use copy and paste
DW> for that).

DW> After successfully logging in, it is of course a good idea to set a new and known password.

DW> Login Name: myname

DW> Login Password: {SHA}reallylongsodontaskmetotypeitinbyhandplease

DW> Login URL: http://wiki.debian.org/UserPreferences

The problem is C-y is just read as a raw character there at the
mini buffer Password: prompt. emacs-w3m-version "1.4.263".

>>>>> "KY" == Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

KY> That's what `read-passwd' that is an Emacs function does.  In
KY> the function definition, the special keys that it handles are
KY> only C-h, C-u and C-? (see the doc string).

OK, sending to bug-gnu-emacs. emacs-version "22.2.1".




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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: jidanni@jidanni.org
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, schwab@suse.de, 1104-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: pasting a password
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:07:42 -0500
Message-ID: <877i737529.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>

jidanni@jidanni.org writes:

> Regarding those mile long one-time passwords that we are supposed to
> paste into our browsers, etc.:
>
> Some people also wish to paste the password into the box with the
> mouse too (middle button). Therefore please roll back all that extra
> security, and just do the plain echo asterisks, like firefox or
> whatever.
>
> Speaking about M-y. I am a old dog who still types ESC instead of
> Meta-key for the M- stuff -- never learned new tricks.

I added a C-y binding to read-passwd.  More complicated stuff, such as
allowing mouse pastes, will have to wait for a isearch-like rewrite of
read-passwd, as Stefan said.

(Also, we should probably document the keybindings that can be used to
enter passwords into the Emacs manual.  I'll add a new node for it.)