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Re: [emacs-w3m:10380] Re: pasting a password |
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:26:47 +0800 |
Dear bug-gnu-emacs:
The challenge: attempt to paste this password into the w3m password
entry field.
>>>>> "DW" == Debian Wiki <debian-www@lists.debian.org> writes:
DW> Somebody has requested to submit your account data to this email address.
DW> If you lost your password, please use the data below and just enter the
DW> password AS SHOWN into the wiki's password form field (use copy and paste
DW> for that).
DW> After successfully logging in, it is of course a good idea to set a new and
known password.
DW> Login Name: myname
DW> Login Password: {SHA}reallylongsodontaskmetotypeitinbyhandplease
DW> Login URL: http://wiki.debian.org/UserPreferences
The problem is C-y is just read as a raw character there at the
mini buffer Password: prompt. emacs-w3m-version "1.4.263".
>>>>> "KY" == Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
KY> That's what `read-passwd' that is an Emacs function does. In
KY> the function definition, the special keys that it handles are
KY> only C-h, C-u and C-? (see the doc string).
OK, sending to bug-gnu-emacs. emacs-version "22.2.1".
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Re: pasting a password |
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Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:07:42 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
> Regarding those mile long one-time passwords that we are supposed to
> paste into our browsers, etc.:
>
> Some people also wish to paste the password into the box with the
> mouse too (middle button). Therefore please roll back all that extra
> security, and just do the plain echo asterisks, like firefox or
> whatever.
>
> Speaking about M-y. I am a old dog who still types ESC instead of
> Meta-key for the M- stuff -- never learned new tricks.
I added a C-y binding to read-passwd. More complicated stuff, such as
allowing mouse pastes, will have to wait for a isearch-like rewrite of
read-passwd, as Stefan said.
(Also, we should probably document the keybindings that can be used to
enter passwords into the Emacs manual. I'll add a new node for it.)
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