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emacs-27 8f603da: Update documentation of reading passwords
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
emacs-27 8f603da: Update documentation of reading passwords |
Date: |
Thu, 4 Mar 2021 08:31:40 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-27
commit 8f603da44c62fd4c4904a4d1ac8f03fa862564cf
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Update documentation of reading passwords
* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Passwords): Update to match the modified
implementation. (Bug#46902) Add indexing.
---
doc/emacs/mini.texi | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
index 4b3f156..af9a840 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ can re-execute a command by calling @code{eval} with the
@node Passwords
@section Entering passwords
+@cindex entering passwords
Sometimes, you may need to enter a password into Emacs. For instance,
when you tell Emacs to visit a file on another machine via a network
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ access to the machine (@pxref{Remote Files}).
displays a prompt in the echo area (such as @samp{Password: }); after
you type the required password, press @key{RET} to submit it. To
prevent others from seeing your password, every character you type is
-displayed as a dot (@samp{.}) instead of its usual form.
+displayed as an asterisk (@samp{*}) instead of its usual form.
Most of the features and commands associated with the minibuffer
@emph{cannot} be used when entering a password. There is no history
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