From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nautica.notk.org (nautica.notk.org [91.121.71.147]) by hurricane.the-brannons.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA88B791FB for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2017 06:35:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by nautica.notk.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 32CCFC01B; Fri, 7 Jul 2017 15:35:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 15:35:27 +0200 From: Dominique Martinet To: Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com Message-ID: <20170707133527.GA26891@nautica> References: <20170703051927.GA1994@nautica> <20170603072945.eklhad@comcast.net> <87y3s0savz.fsf@the-brannons.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y3s0savz.fsf@the-brannons.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: [Edbrowse-dev] Disabling local echo for password fields X-BeenThere: edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.24 Precedence: list List-Id: Edbrowse Development List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:35:05 -0000 Chris Brannon wrote on Fri, Jul 07, 2017: > Karl Dahlke writes: > > > But, in the interest of a windows implementation some day, > > I'd prefer a function in stringfile.c that turns echo on and off, > *SNIP* > > 4. Finally, call this function, on and off, when grabbing the password for http 401 authentication - piece of cake. > > Ok, so Dominique should resend the patch to disable echo with the > changes you outlined? This is orthogonal to the private command for > entering form data, and the function to toggle echo could be used for > the private command as well, if / when it is implemented. Yes, I will split this in two patches: - first patch implement the echo on/off in a function and call it only for http auth, feature-equivalent to this patch - second (new) patch will attempt to do the 'priv' command I am afraid I do not have much more free time than anyone here, so will try to do this over the weekend. Thank you Karl for the very detailed answer, I should be able to wade through something -- Dominique