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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2021-03-04 15:30:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2021-03-04 15:30:10 +0200 |
| commit | 8f603da44c62fd4c4904a4d1ac8f03fa862564cf (patch) | |
| tree | 33381a91e2f5314ff5dcc0de28688113eff0125f | |
| parent | ed2b23ecc10925b5b29ab13949a5d154c7d0cbe6 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-8f603da44c62fd4c4904a4d1ac8f03fa862564cf.tar.gz | |
Update documentation of reading passwords
* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Passwords): Update to match the modified
implementation. (Bug#46902) Add indexing.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/mini.texi | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi index 4b3f15650c7..af9a84072cc 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 |