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bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 20:00:27 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) |
Good evening, Eli.
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 21:08:24 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:37:02 +0000
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
> > Cc: 30186@debbugs.gnu.org
> > The problem here appears to be a fundamental design bug in Emacs: that
> > text properties are regarded as part of the buffer rather than something
> > accompanying the buffer, as overlays are.
> It's not a bug, it's a feature (and a very important one).
Yes. We see its utility in read-passwd. But don't worry, I wasn't
proposing to "fix" it. :-)
Do you have any opinion on my suggestion:
> > Perhaps an alternative would be for Emacs to provide a flag which
> > indicates to a before/after-change-function whether the current
> > change is a "proper" change or merely a text property change.
> > Change hook functions could then test this flag and, for example,
> > refrain from doing anything for a text property change.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, (continued)
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- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Juri Linkov, 2018/01/21
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Glenn Morris, 2018/01/22
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Glenn Morris, 2018/01/22
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Juri Linkov, 2018/01/22
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Juri Linkov, 2018/01/23
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/01/25
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Juri Linkov, 2018/01/25
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/01/26
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/01/26
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd,
Alan Mackenzie <=
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Juri Linkov, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, martin rudalics, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/01/27
- bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, martin rudalics, 2018/01/30
bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd, Glenn Morris, 2018/01/21