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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:39:28 -0500
From: Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Emacs-w32/X11 doesn't echo periods when typing in password for TRAMP
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On 11/25/2013 8:59 PM, SDS wrote:
> When I'm prompted for a password while accessing a remote directory
> using TRAMP in Emacs, sometimes the password isn't hidden (i.e. periods
> aren't echoed in the minibuffer, but the actual password is echoed
> instead).
>
[...]

> The good news is that the bug happens predictably. The instructions for
> reproducing the bug are below. It works for both emacs-X11 and
> emacs-w32, both run with the -q flag. However, the bug disappears if run
> with the -Q flag.

I can't reproduce the problem.  The fact that it occurs with -q but not 
-Q suggests that the problem has something to do with your site 
initialization.  (-Q forces --no-site-file and --no-site-lisp.)  I 
suggest that you look in /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp to see if something 
there could be causing the problem.

Ken


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