bug#28785: 27.0.50; Wishlist: There should be a mode for .netrc and .authinfo

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:45:53 +0200 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LI> This mode would just be the normal fundamental mode (or conf mode or
LI> something), but it would add `display' properties on all password tokens
LI> so that these wouldn't be immediately visible to passers-by while you're
LI> editing the file.

LI> And a command to toggle the visibility, I guess.

LI> Hm...  perhaps a general minor mode that hides certain bits based on a
LI> syntax of some sort?

One of my big annoyances with netrc format is that it's badly defined
(previously discussed on bug list). So I implemented JSON support in
auth-source. Thus we can now use something like
https://github.com/DamienCassou/json-navigator as the UI, if the default
JSON editing is not good enough (for me it is).

The token display is a great idea and IMO it should be a minor mode,
operating like prettify-symbols mode. Then it could be used in any major
mode that tags its secret data appropriately, not just netrc.

WDYT?
Ted