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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/subr.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/subr.el | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 700c072a81b..ac0e130b4e0 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -2006,6 +2006,7 @@ If optional CONFIRM is non-nil, read the password twice to make sure. Optional DEFAULT is a default password to use instead of empty input. This function echoes `.' for each character that the user types. +Note that in batch mode, the input is not hidden! Once the caller uses the password, it can erase the password by doing (clear-string STRING)." @@ -2045,7 +2046,11 @@ by doing (clear-string STRING)." (add-hook 'after-change-functions hide-chars-fun nil 'local)) (unwind-protect (let ((enable-recursive-minibuffers t)) - (read-string prompt nil t default)) ; t = "no history" + (read-string + (if noninteractive + (format "%s[INPUT WILL NOT BE HIDDEN!] " prompt) ; bug#17839 + prompt) + nil t default)) ; t = "no history" (when (buffer-live-p minibuf) (with-current-buffer minibuf ;; Not sure why but it seems that there might be cases where the |