GNU bug report logs - #69237
30.0.50; Toggle password visibility

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:25:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 69222, 69235

Found in version 30.0.50

Fixed in version 30.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 69237 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#69237: 30.0.50; Toggle password visibility
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:38:52 +0100
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi,

>> > It is not intended that users call 'M-x read-passwd--toggle-visibility'.
>> > It makes sense only when you are already editing the minibuffer, typing
>> > the password.
>> 
>> Right, I don't expect many users to run this command via M-x.  My
>> thinking went more toward users who might want to do…
>> 
>>   (keymap-unset read-passwd-map "\t" 'remove)
>>   (keymap-set read-passwd-map "C-c \t" 'read-passwd--toggle-visibility)
>> 
>> … and who might feel uneasy about that "--" in their personal config.
>
> IMO, commands should never have two dashes in their names, because
> commands are never "internal", by their very definition.

Changed.

Best regards, Michael.




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