Re: better than read-hide-char

[Stefan Monnier]

> This sounds like a good idea, but I think it'd be even better to put
> that information in the modeline of the window above the minibuffer,
> rather than in the minibuffer itself.

My minibuffer lives in its own frame, with no obvious "window above".

[ At startup, there is no modeline at all.  Admittedly, by the time
  read-passwd gets called, there will probably be some frame displaying
  a window with modeline somewhere, but the point is that there's no
  clear modeline attached to the minibuffer, in general.  ]


        Stefan