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Re: better than read-hide-char
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: better than read-hide-char |
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Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:15:46 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
On Jul 31 2018, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Another feature would be to temporarily unhide the input.
>
> A user deserves feedback for whether a key actually was depressed
> sufficiently, i.e., whether Emacs received it. That's the reason for showing
> *** or ....
But that hides the input, so if you want to verify it it needs to be
unhidden.
Andreas.
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