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'read-passwd-mode' can clobber user defined mode lines

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: "martin rudalics via Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
 the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
 73768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73768: 'read-passwd-mode' can clobber user defined mode lines
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:45:37 +0200

>> I tried that now and it seems to work well here.  Have a look.
>
> Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with your recipe

I tried only a few standard scenarios.

> I also believe that modifying mode-line-front-space is rather a
> hack. Nobody seems to do this in Emacs' lisp/ directory. And the
> documentation of this variable doesn't encourage its random
> modification.

Agreed.

> I propose to apply the patch with modifying global-mode-string to
> emacs-30. A more sophisticated solution could be in the master branch
> then. Yes, the password icon could be invisible due to short window
> width, but this might be acceptable.

Users can always compact mode lines if needed.

> WDYT?

I think you should check it in.

martin

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