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bug#32220: 27.0.50; Prefer ?* to hide passwords
From: |
Tino Calancha |
Subject: |
bug#32220: 27.0.50; Prefer ?* to hide passwords |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:31:08 +0900 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com> writes:
> commit 6b5c3db59650590d9db24ef110b972019b24e03a
> Author: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri Jul 20 16:58:33 2018 +0900
>
> Prefer ?* to hide passwords
>
> It might be argued that a hidden string is more legible when using
> ?* as the hidden character instead of ?.
> For example, the following strings have the same length:
> "......"
>
> "******"
>
> It's slighly easier to visually count the number of characters in the
> second
> string (Bug#32220).
>
> * lisp/subr.el (read-passwd): Prefer ?* as default char instead of ?.
> * doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Reading a Password): Update manual.
> ; * etc/NEWS (Changes in Emacs 27.1): Announce the change.
Eli, which branch is suitable for this patch? Next release or master?