From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32220: 27.0.50; Prefer ?* to hide passwords Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:06:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87bmb29vu0.fsf@calancha-pc.dy.bbexcite.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1532088310 13263 195.159.176.226 (20 Jul 2018 12:05:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:05:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: noam postavsky , 32220@debbugs.gnu.org To: Tino Calancha Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 20 14:05:05 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1fgU9g-0003Kj-Uu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:05:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47874 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgUBn-0000h7-P5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:07:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44696) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgUBe-0000gy-4p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:07:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgUBb-0006z4-0R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:07:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43890) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgUBa-0006yt-Si for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fgUBa-0008Am-GQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:07:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:07:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32220 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 32220-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32220.153208840631391 (code B ref 32220); Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32220) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jul 2018 12:06:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48908 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fgUBJ-0008AE-QX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:06:45 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:48424) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fgUBI-0008A4-1S for 32220@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:06:44 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w6KC6g99011822; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:06:43 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 25CAB64F3E; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:06:42 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87bmb29vu0.fsf@calancha-pc.dy.bbexcite.jp> (Tino Calancha's message of "Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:04:39 +0900") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6333=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6333> : inlines <6766> : streams <1793090> : uri <2676450> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:148721 Archived-At: > It might be argued that a hidden string is more legible when using > ?* as the hidden character instead of ?. > For example, the following strings have the same length: > "......" > > "******" > > Following patch uses ?* as default character to hide passwords instead > of ?. No objection on my side, Stefan