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(Shell Mode): Describe how to activate password echoing.

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Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-04 15:25:12 +00:00
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@@ -645,12 +645,13 @@ Send @var{text} as input to the shell, after reading it without
echoing. This is useful when a shell command runs a program that asks
for a password.
Alternatively, you can arrange for Emacs to notice password prompts
and turn off echoing for them, as follows:
Please note that Emacs will not echo passwords by default. If you
really want them to be echoed, evaluate the following Lisp
expression:
@example
(add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions
'comint-watch-for-password-prompt)
(remove-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions
'comint-watch-for-password-prompt)
@end example
@item M-x comint-continue-subjob