From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: better than read-hide-char Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:18:41 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1533021416 19888 195.159.176.226 (31 Jul 2018 07:16:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:16:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 09:16:52 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 1fkOtk-000507-BS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:16:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57354 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkOvq-0008Fs-MK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 03:18:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkOvf-0008Fa-OG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 03:18:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkOva-00056P-Pg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 03:18:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:35028 helo=mx1.suse.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkOva-00056D-IQ; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 03:18:42 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Original-Received: from relay1.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8009DADDB; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:18:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Yow: I'm having a RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.. and I don't take any DRUGS In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:25:10 -0400") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.135.220.15 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:228033 Archived-At: On Jul 30 2018, Richard Stallman wrote: > 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. Another feature would be to temporarily unhide the input. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."